The ODT format is natively supported by Microsoft Word 2010 and 2013, so opening the file will be comparable to opening any other Word document.
- Click the "File" menu in Word, and select "Open."
- Choose "OpenDocument Text" in the "File of type" list to limit the files that are displayed to ODT files.
- Find the ODT file on your computer, click it, and choose "Open" to launch Word with it. You can also open the file by double-clicking on it.
Microsoft Word can open ODT files if you use Microsoft Office. Microsoft improved the Office suite—including Word—with the release of Office 2021, providing improved support for the most recent OpenDocument 1.3 standard. With varied degrees of compatibility, OpenDocument files can also be opened with other office suites. Collabora Office is an iOS and Android-based LibreOffice-based office suite that you can use to open ODT files on a mobile device.
ODT file conversion is fairly easy. All you have to do is choose "Save As" and save an ODT file in the format of your choice while it is open in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer. By opening an ODT file inside the Google Documents suite, you can also turn it into a cloud-based Google Document.
The process of opening an ODT file without Word will be covered next.
Using word processing programs that support ODT as a native format makes opening an ODT file very easy. You can use the LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice suites to open. The application programs are accessible on Linux, Mac, and Windows and are free and open-source. AbiWord is another free and open-source program that has the ability to open ODT files. ODT files can be accessed online as Google Docs documents using Google Docs, the free online word processor the company created.
It’s easy and free to open your ODT file in Word if you use the Microsoft Office suite.