Convert odt to word?

[newomij]

Hey gang.
I just got a document in an email with an odt extension. How do I convert it to a word doc and do it for free?

[EzyStvy]

Try saving it to your desktop. Right click and select Open With and use Word.

[newomij]

The Word program I have is too old, I am told, to open an odt file. And, it would not open it legibly. I need a safe and effective file conversion program.

[pam123]

Open Office will open it and, since Open Office will save to Word form, just save it that way.

[EzyStvy]

Text document created with Writer, the OpenOffice.org and StarOffice word processor; formatted using the OASIS OpenDocument XML-based standard. OpenDocument text files can be opened and edited with any OpenOffice-compatible program, including NeoOffice (Mac), AbiWord (Mac & Windows), and KWord (Unix); they can also be imported into Google Docs, Google's Web-based word processor and spreadsheet application. http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/odt

Free copy of Open Office here:
http://www.openoffice.org/

[EzyStvy]

Food for thought: Send the file back and ask them to copy the text to notepad)

[blumovie2]

change the odt extension name to doc, then u can open it in word.

[Force Flow]

Originally Posted by blumovie2 change the odt extension name to doc, then u can open it in word.

No you can't. They're different file formats.

Like the others have said, open it with OpenOffice, and if you want to save it as a doc file, do a "file > save as".