How does one open a file with an ".odt" ending? What program can one use to open and read it?

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).

Program(s) that open odt files Mac OS OpenOffice.org Writer

Mac:

NeoOffice Writer

AbiSource AbiWord

Apple TextEdit

IBM Lotus Notes 8 or later

Windows:

OpenOffice.org Writer

Sun Microsystems Writer (included with StarOffice)

AbiSource AbiWord

Microsoft Word with OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in

IBM Lotus Notes 8 or later

Linux:

OpenOffice.org Writer

Sun Microsystems Writer (included with StarOffice)

KOffice KWord

AbiSource AbiWord

IBM Lotus Notes 8 or later

from: http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/odt

That is an OpenOffice document which is free software and you can download it. If you have MS Office 2007 then you can download a word add on here > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ckage_id=200089

More Info

Its an open source word processing document.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

You can download the full open office suite here.

http://download.openoffice.org/

I now use OpenOffice.org (OOo) instead of Microsoft Office.

Cheers

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).

Program(s) that open odt files Mac OS OpenOffice.org Writer

Mac:

NeoOffice Writer

AbiSource AbiWord

Apple TextEdit

IBM Lotus Notes 8 or later

Windows:

OpenOffice.org Writer

Sun Microsystems Writer (included with StarOffice)

AbiSource AbiWord

Microsoft Word with OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in

IBM Lotus Notes 8 or later

Linux:

OpenOffice.org Writer

Sun Microsystems Writer (included with StarOffice)

KOffice KWord

AbiSource AbiWord

IBM Lotus Notes 8 or later

from: http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/odt

OpenOffice is cross platform I'm using it on my Mac.

Cheers

Formatting messed up- OO is mentioned before 'mac' on line 3-4.

Sorry

You can also load the .odt into Google Docs or Zoho Writer without having to d/l a new word processor.

Dave