How can I open an "openoffice" ".odt" file in Word 2003

Alex · External Since: Feb 04, 2007 Posts: 2

I have Office 2003 at home, and I am given Openoffice at work. I emailed
some ".odt" files home so I could do some work, and I can't open them.

Maybe I just need to download Openoffice.

Thanks for any help

Alex

Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4676

Download Open Office! Word has no compatibility with them. Or save from Open
Office in Word format.

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Alex wrote:
> I have Office 2003 at home, and I am given Openoffice at work. I
> emailed some ".odt" files home so I could do some work, and I can't
> open them.
> Maybe I just need to download Openoffice.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Alex

Wilfried Hennings · External Since: Sep 01, 2003 Posts: 31

"Graham Mayor" <gmayor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:

> Download Open Office! Word has no compatibility with them.

Sorry, you are wrong. See http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/

Regards

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Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4676

Not wrong. Word doesn't have such compatibility. I merely didn't include a
reference to a third party tool given that Open Office is a free download
and that the OP wanted to do some work on company files at home, there is
simply no point in making this conversion, when the files can be edited in
the source application.

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Wilfried Hennings wrote:
> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor DeleteThis @REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote:
>
>> Download Open Office! Word has no compatibility with them.
>
> Sorry, you are wrong. See http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/
>
> Regards

nimd4 · Joined: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 2

carborundum · Joined: Feb 18, 2009 Posts: 1

Open it with google documents (You have a google account, I guess?)
Save it in word format.

(File > Download file as > Word)