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[JoAnn Paules]

It takes some third-party converter software.

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JoAnn Paules
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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

..odt files are from OpenOffice's word processing module. Since OO is free,
one answer would be to install OpenOffice, open the file, then save it in
..doc format. Microsoft doesn't provide converters for OpenOffice files, so
unless you find one via a 3rd party, you're probably going to need
OpenOffice itself (which is free, which would make it a cheaper solution
than buying a 3rd party converter).

Both OpenOffice and Word 2007 use .xml formats. I have OO 2.3, so I don't
know whether this is changed in 2.4... however, Word 2007 cannot hand. OO
2.3's .odt formats. I'm downloading OO 2.4 right now to see if this has been
changed, but I wouldn't count on it. In theory, it would be great if Word &
OO could use the same formats, but I suspect that it would be up to OO to
conform to what MS is doing... because the reverse isn't terribly likely.

At the very least--if you're desperate--you can add a .zip extension to the
..odt file, open it, and extract its content.xml file to access the text
portion of the file.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

If you meet the pre-requisites met that are listed on this page
http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/download.html
that 'MS sponsored' open source converter should allow you to open .odt files in MS Word 2002, 2003 or 2007. From the 'other end'
Open Office has a save as Microsoft Word choice.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Cool. I can affirm that it works, although the integration isn't great, and
the conversion isn't perfect. I get better results when saving to .doc
format from OO than when converting OO files directly from Word. Still, it's
faster and uses less disk space than installing OO.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


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If you meet the pre-requisites met that are listed on this page
http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/download.html
that 'MS sponsored' open source converter should allow you to open .odt
files in MS Word 2002, 2003 or 2007. From the 'other end'
Open Office has a save as Microsoft Word choice.

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how do I open .odt files in word please?

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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Herb,

Yes, v1.1 is more robust than v1.0, but there several features not yet worked in http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/features.html
(some will happen over time, some (such as being able to pin a graphic to a page) only at some point where a MS Word version can
handle other features g, but it can be helpful to post to the community page if you find a specific document or problem so that it
can be looked at. Open source projects are usually open to code contributions as well to help speed development and evolution of
the product along g.

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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ...
Cool. I can affirm that it works, although the integration isn't great, and
the conversion isn't perfect. I get better results when saving to .doc
format from OO than when converting OO files directly from Word. Still, it's
faster and uses less disk space than installing OO.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible

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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*