How to open .ODT files in Microsoft Word 2007/2003
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For office 2003 users
If you have Office 2003, Download and install the Sun ODF Plugin should just work.You can download the Sun ODF Plugin from here
For office 2007 users
- First you need to Install Service Pack 1 for Office 2007.
- Install Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office.
- Open ODT document via File > Open, or by double-clicking the ODT file and when prompted for the application to open it with, choose Word.
If you don’t have administrator privileges to install software, you can try an online converter such as Zamzar or Media Convert. You can also upload ODT documents to Google Docs or Zoho Writer.
If you want to open ODT documents locally but want to stay away from MS Office, try the lightweight, cross-platform Abiword or the full-blown suite of OpenOffice.org.
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Very nice tip. Thanks!
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Thanks for this article, really saved my @$$
Thanks a lot.. very helpful..
Excellent advice, thanks very much. I don’t have admin rights to my machine at work but your recommendation of zamzar was great and has solved my problem.
Thank you for the link to Sun Microsystems.
I opened with GoogleDocs….WHAT A TIP! *THANK YOU*!!!
very usefull
First result in Google for “.odt to Word”, clear guidelines with multiple possibilities offered. Thank you for the useful post.
Thanks very much, this has been exceptionally helpful to me! Much appreciated!
Thanks…My problems are now solved…Thanks a lot!
thanks a lot dude!!! saved me the time!
A tip: Microsoft office 2007, servicepack 2 should also solve the problem.
If you use office 2007 and install servicepack 2 (sp2) from Microsoft it includes the support for ODF so Microsoft word 2007, with servicepack2 installed should both open and also be able to save in the ODT format now(sp2 was released end of April 2009).
Hi to everyone! What a great post, it really worked for me.
I used google docs. Cheers from Barcelona
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Many thanks Zamzar, you saved my day! More power!
Great. thank you very much
thanks buddy. this is very helpful information.
U made my day ….
Thanx Yaar
regisdtered downloaded installed (+ restart) – and it’s not working
tnx tnx tnx!
Tanx really
Thanks for the advice about Google.docs to open .odt file. Worked perfect!
swt thanks =)
hi there. I was in an internet cafe and i saved my CV. When i have came home it is an odt file. How do i get it back to a word document please
Thanks very much. Worked perfectly!
Downloading a plug-in is possible to open ODT files from MS Word. I tried that on my own PC and it’s working. You should have try that also.