ODF Add-in for Microsoft Word

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).

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Software Requirements

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.

  1. Open "Add or remove Programs" from the Control Panel
  2. Find the Microsoft Word entry and choose "Modify"
  3. Within the installation process, choose "Add or remove features" then add ".NET Programmability Support" in the "Microsoft Office Word" section.

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Installing the add-in

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.

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Troubleshooting

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...

Microsoft Word XP/2003

  1. Go to Tools > Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
  2. In the Categories box, click Tools.
  3. Drag COM Add-Ins from the Commands box over the Tools menu. When the Tools menu displays the menu commands, point to the location where you want the COM Add-Ins command to appear on the menu, and then release the mouse button.
  4. Click Close.
  5. In the Tools menu, click COM Add-Ins and check box next to the add-in name in the available list. If the add-in you want isn't in the list, click Add, locate the add-in, and then click OK.

Microsoft Word 2007

  1. Click "Word Options" in the "File" menu
  2. In the "Add-ins" section, select "COM Add-ins" in the list box and press the "Go" button
  3. Make sure to select the checkbox "ODF Word Add-in" and validate with the "OK" button.

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Features/options not supported

The complete list of unsupported features is maintained on our web site. You can find it on this page.

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