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. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.7K Reputation points
    2015-01-19T13:53:35+00:00

    Exactly what point are you trying to make? Support for ODF has been added only to Windows versions of Microsoft Office.

    This Community addresses issues pertaining to Microsoft Office for Mac. Accordingly, this specific thread refers to Word 2008 for Mac. Within that context, Jim's reply is wholly accurate. Office 2010 is a Windows version as is Office 2013.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-19T16:52:56+00:00

    sorry, you're right, i was referring to Windows OS. I didn't read carefully.

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