ODT files in Word

[Chris Robinson]

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> From: Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com>
>To: Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: Ubuntu AU List <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2012 6:00 PM
>Subject: Re: ODT files in Word
> 
>On 4 July 2012 12:47, Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> One of the objections we may come across from time regarding getting people
>> to migrate full time to Ubuntu is the inability of Word to open open source
>> formats like ODT.  This now appears to be FUD because there is apparently a
>> plug-in for Word that will allow it to do this.
>>
>> http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/02/odt_plugin_for_.html
>>
>> I also came across a reference from Microsoft that said that the odt
>> extension was available already in Office 2007 with service pack 2 applied.
>>
>> A user that I helped with Ubuntu told me about this because a University
>> system  they were using actually prompted them if they wanted to open an odt
>> document in word, and the conversion seemed to work perfectly.
>>
>> Good news, because odt documents should now be accessible to those with up
>> to date Office 2007 and only a few clicks away for those with Office 2003.
>> I haven't seen anything about earlier Word/Office versions but we are
>> probably out of luck. (but really, even the stodgiest MS enterprise user
>> should have upgraded from 95 or 2000 by now...
>>
>>
>> Onward...
>>
>> Chris
>>
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>
>I never bother sending any odt's or docs's anywhere, I always just
>save them as PDFs and do it that way. Just thought I'd mention another
>way to ensure your document arrives in the format and layout you sent
>it in.
>
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>
>Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
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>

Hi Jared,

Yes I agree that PDFs are a good way to distribute formatted documents, but the issue can often be when the documents need to be edited further, or where the user is forced to use Windows systems at work or uni.  Not being able to edit an odt document when you need to can be a real road block when open source formats should be loaded in any mainstream word processor.

Chris