Thank you for downloading ODF Add-in for Word. The purpose of this software is to enable users to open ODF Specification based documents in Microsoft Word and demonstrate the interoperability between OpenXML & ODF specifications. This interoperability project is hosted on sourceforge.net. For more details and future updates on the project, please look at the RoadMap document.
This add-in was funded by Microsoft and developed by Clever Age, DIaLOGIKa and Aztecsoft (see the project web site for more informations).
Before installing the add-in, make sure you have one of the followings...
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(*) Warning: if you install Microsoft Word before the .NET Framework, you will need to update your Word installation, by running the following these steps below.
Double click the "OdfAddInForWordSetup-en-1.0.exe" file
If installation is successful, you should be able to open an ".ODT" file from Microsoft Word (see menu "File>ODF..."). Also, when right-clicking on a ".ODT" file in explorer, you should have the option to open the document in Microsoft Word (menu "Open with Word").
Important note: The ODF file opened by the add-in is imported in Microsoft Word as a read-only .DOCX file. If you want to save it as ODF, you will have to first make a copy of the document ("Menu>Save As") and then use the "Export as ODF" menu.
If you don't see the ODF entry in Microsoft Word menu, it could be due to missing features in Word (see Software Requirements section) or a failure in the installation of Word Primary Interop Assemblies. You will then need to activate the Add-in manually by doing the following...
The complete list of unsupported features is maintained on our web site. You can find it on this page.