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How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Hello,
My boss had a good relationship with Apple and used to use Open Office which then got translated to Microsoft. How does he open all his original Open Office documents please (.odt)? I’ve been following instructions provided by AI but with no luck so far.
Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer, it is greatly appreciated.
With very best wishes,
Fiona
Re: How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Posted by Fiona Popplewell <fi...@outlook.com>.
Thank you for your help, everyone. All sorted.
Best wishes,
Fiona
From: Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca>
Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 11:56
To: users@openoffice.apache.org <us...@openoffice.apache.org>
Subject: Re: How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Fiona -
I'm not sure that I understand your question. You should be able to open
.odt files by using OpenOffice (which can be installed without cost in
Microsoft Windows) or by using Microsoft Word.
- Robert
> Hello,
>
> My boss had a good relationship with Apple and used to use Open Office which then got translated to Microsoft. How does he open all his original Open Office documents please (.odt)? I’ve been following instructions provided by AI but with no luck so far.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer, it is greatly appreciated.
>
> With very best wishes,
>
> Fiona
Re: How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Posted by Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca>.
Fiona -
I'm not sure that I understand your question. You should be able to open
.odt files by using OpenOffice (which can be installed without cost in
Microsoft Windows) or by using Microsoft Word.
- Robert
On 2025-11-13 06:23, Fiona Popplewell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My boss had a good relationship with Apple and used to use Open Office which then got translated to Microsoft. How does he open all his original Open Office documents please (.odt)? I’ve been following instructions provided by AI but with no luck so far.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer, it is greatly appreciated.
>
> With very best wishes,
>
> Fiona
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Re: How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Posted by Amin Jacek Pędziwiater <aj...@gmail.com>.
.odt files opens OpenOffice Writer.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 12:30 PM Fiona Popplewell <fi...@outlook.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My boss had a good relationship with Apple and used to use Open Office
> which then got translated to Microsoft. How does he open all his original
> Open Office documents please (.odt)? I’ve been following instructions
> provided by AI but with no luck so far.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer, it is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> With very best wishes,
>
> Fiona
>
>
Re: How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Posted by Robert Funnell <ro...@mcgill.ca>.
Peter -
I think that Microsoft Office will read .odt files directly. That may
produce fewer formatting errors than exporting documents in Microsoft
formats from OpenOffice or LibreOffice, because Microsoft has a better
chance of correctly interpreting the open OO/LO formats than OO/LO have
of correctly creating Microsoft's obscure formats.
- Robert
On 2025-11-13 09:45, Peter Kovacs wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>
> Why not install Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice and work with a sovereign software instead of Microsoft Office?
>
> If you must use Microsoft there is no way around a migration. In order to migrate Microsoft Office, you Install LibreOffice. Open the document with LibreOffice and then save As Microsoft Files format (xlsx, docx)
> then open the document with Microsoft Office and Check for formatting Errors.
>
> All the best
> Peter
>
> Am 13. November 2025 12:23:04 MEZ schrieb Fiona Popplewell <fi...@outlook.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My boss had a good relationship with Apple and used to use Open Office which then got translated to Microsoft. How does he open all his original Open Office documents please (.odt)? I’ve been following instructions provided by AI but with no luck so far.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer, it is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> With very best wishes,
>>
>> Fiona
>>
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Re: How to open old Open Office documents (.odt)?
Posted by Peter Kovacs <le...@posteo.de>.
Hi,
Why not install Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice and work with a sovereign software instead of Microsoft Office?
If you must use Microsoft there is no way around a migration. In order to migrate Microsoft Office, you Install LibreOffice. Open the document with LibreOffice and then save As Microsoft Files format (xlsx, docx)
then open the document with Microsoft Office and Check for formatting Errors.
All the best
Peter
Am 13. November 2025 12:23:04 MEZ schrieb Fiona Popplewell <fi...@outlook.com>:
>Hello,
>
>My boss had a good relationship with Apple and used to use Open Office which then got translated to Microsoft. How does he open all his original Open Office documents please (.odt)? I’ve been following instructions provided by AI but with no luck so far.
>
>Thank you in advance for any help you are able to offer, it is greatly appreciated.
>
>With very best wishes,
>
>Fiona
>