Thursday, August 25, 2011

How to Open ODT With MS Office 2003

The ODT document format is one of the formats used by the free, open-source word processor OpenOffice Writer. While OpenOffice is by default compatible with Microsoft Office formats like DOC, a standard install of Microsoft Word cannot open ODT files. Fortunately, a free download exists to add experimental OpenOffice format support to MS Office--although for full, guaranteed support of the ODT format, you can always download and install OpenOffice itself.

Instructions

Download and install the prerequisites for the OpenOffice compatibility add-in. These are the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack and the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, both linked from "Resources."


Download and install the OpenOffice compatibility add-in from the final link in "Resources." Click the download link corresponding with the language your installation of Office uses.

Open MS Word normally and use the "Open" dialog to select and open an ODT file.


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