alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .ODT

File description

The ODT file format is assigned to all the office document text based files that are created using StarOffice and OpenOffice word processing programs. Such programs make use of the OASIS OpenDocument XML file standard, which enable users to utilize the documents across different applications and operating systems.

The files with the ODT format mainly comprises of the word processing documents such as spreadsheet documents or Microsoft Word documents that are comparable to the spreadsheets generated within the Excel application.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .ODT file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .ODT extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .ODT file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .ODT file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Other possible reasons why your .ODT file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .ODT file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .ODT file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .ODT file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .ODT file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .ODT file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.