Given the spirit of open source software, I'd say it is more of a courtesy
issue that OO opens and saves files for MS Word, and I believe Microsoft
would do well to provide support for OO in return. I assure you that if this
functionality was removed, the broad user base that Open Office has is
unlikely to change much.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And OO can save in a format that *can* be read by Word. The fact that OO can
open Word files gives you some idea of who needs whom.

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"JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message
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I had to look - it seems it's Open Office. I was going to make a comment
about the OP's comment that MS *should* be open to open it but I figured
I'd
take the higher road. I hit the delete key instead of Send.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Anne Troy" wrote in message
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What's an ODT file? Never heard of it...
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"sage" wrote in message
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I need to open a .odt document file. Word should be able to do this,
but
it
just comes up as gibberish.

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