Can Word open a .odt file?

Anonymous
2013-02-28T21:04:45+00:00

I'm using Office for Mac 2008, version 12.3.5.  I've received a .odt (Open Office) file on an email but cannot open it.  I did get a message that the file may be corrupt or contain unreadable elements.  Is there anything I can download to read it assuming that it just hasn't been recognised or should Word read it & therefore it must be corrupt?

Thanks

Janet

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-19T09:43:08+00:00

    Starting from Microsoft Office 2010, natively support ODF format. ;-)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

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  2. Jim G 134.1K Reputation points MVP
    2014-12-04T16:33:46+00:00

    In a corporate environment you can use a local cloud instead of a public cloud for document storage and application hosting. Microsoft Office is the same web version whether your organization is doing the hosting or Microsoft is doing the hosting. 

    If you decide to share a test file with the public, it goes without saying that you must first purge the document of personal and private content before sharing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-12-01T18:47:12+00:00

    Using an online-service is not an option for sensitive documents in a corporate environment.

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  4. Jim G 134.1K Reputation points MVP
    2014-12-01T01:15:12+00:00

    I don't know how you can say downloading and installing a complex application is faster than opening a web page, but regardless, please try OneDrive with your most challenging ODF files and reply with the results.

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