How to open ODT files when you don't have Open Office

Before we get started, none of the following options will retain the ODT document formatting perfectly, so if this is important to you, get OpenOffice: http://download.openoffice.org/

If you just need to quickly open an ODT/ODF document and you don't want OpenOffice, read on!

Option 1: Gmail (Google Docs)
1. Send yourself an email with the ODT file
2. Click on "Open as a Google document" next the attachment.

Option 2: Google Docs directly
1. Open Google Docs at http://docs.google.com/
2. Click Upload
3. Follow the instructions

Option 3: To open in Word 2003
This is the preferred option as your formatting will be retained more than in Google Docs.
Don't bother using the Sun ODF plugin - I could not get it to work.
Instead try the following:
1. Get this Office Add-In: http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/files/ODF%20Add-in%20for%20Office/
2. Close Office programmes as well as Outlook
2. Install Add-In
2a. Optionally associate ODT files with MS Office.
3. Open the document in the usual way from Explorer or Word
4. The Add-In will convert the document in around 30 seconds

Option 4: To open in Word 2007
I noticed formatting was better retained using Word 2007.
- No steps! Seems to just work :)

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