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.odt?
Jul 6, 2014 0:46:21 GMT
Post by ironhold on Jul 6, 2014 0:46:21 GMT
My mom is a Sunday school teacher in her congregation.
One of the other teachers frequently e-mails people different material, such as the paperwork for the recent youth camp.
I don't know what form of Office the teacher is using, but all of the Word files she keeps sending as attachments read "[title].odt" as the name & format.
Safari absolutely refuses to recognize the .odt format, such that half the time we get an attachment from her it'll refuse to even open the document.
Chrome and Firefox will open the document, but under protest. They'll say that the document cannot be opened, but will ask us if we want to "recover" the data. If we say that we do, then it'll open whatever it is as a generic Word document.
Is anyone here familiar with the .odt document format? This is the only situation in which I've ever run across it.
Thanks.
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Jul 6, 2014 1:34:12 GMT
Post by Cybermortis on Jul 6, 2014 1:34:12 GMT
It stands for open document format, and is actually a standard format - if one that doesn't seem to be used often. You should be able to open it with most wordprocesser's.
If in doubt about a format try wikipedia, it is usually good for such things as well as telling you what programs use or can use it.
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Jul 6, 2014 5:14:19 GMT
Post by blazerrose on Jul 6, 2014 5:14:19 GMT
Guaranteed it will open in Open Office - an open source alternative to MS Office.
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Jul 6, 2014 8:05:56 GMT
Post by silverdragon on Jul 6, 2014 8:05:56 GMT
I think, odt is Open Document Text, which if I am right, is the standard type of document created by Open Office.
Which as mentioned is free to download from openoffice.org
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Jul 6, 2014 9:06:31 GMT
Post by ponytail61 on Jul 6, 2014 9:06:31 GMT
Have your mother mention to her that she can save the .odt file as a .doc or .pdf. I use Open Office for certain things and wouldn't think of sending them in their native format. Everyone should be able to open a .doc or .pdf without having to download another program or upload to a site that will convert it for you.
I had a couple of foodservice companies I do business with that would send me specials as .pub files. That got old quick as not everyone had the MS Office Pro suite and publisher is only included in that, or as a stand alone program. They finally stated sending in .pdf. It's pretty much universal.
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Jul 6, 2014 14:39:26 GMT
Post by the light works on Jul 6, 2014 14:39:26 GMT
sounds like they have it covered - .odt is certainly not a Microsoft standard format.
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Jul 6, 2014 14:41:48 GMT
Post by Cybermortis on Jul 6, 2014 14:41:48 GMT
Guaranteed it will open in Open Office - an open source alternative to MS Office. Abiword is another free word processor program that can use that format. |
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Jul 10, 2014 11:41:52 GMT
Post by kharnynb on Jul 10, 2014 11:41:52 GMT
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Jul 10, 2014 14:54:13 GMT
Post by ponytail61 on Jul 10, 2014 14:54:13 GMT
I'm confused...openoffice is free also. |
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Jul 10, 2014 15:57:25 GMT
Post by GTCGreg on Jul 10, 2014 15:57:25 GMT
There was a push a few years ago to force all U.S. Government employees to use open source document files as some protest against MS. I don't think it went vary far as almost everything I get from the Gov is either .doc (MS)or .pdf (Adobe) files.
Wonder what Lois Lerner used.
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Jul 10, 2014 16:01:11 GMT
Post by GTCGreg on Jul 10, 2014 16:01:11 GMT
I'm confused...openoffice is free also. I tried using Openoffice about a year ago. It worked well but I really wasn't that impressed with it since I've been using Word all along. I guess if you really can't afford Word it's a good free substitute but if you already have, or can get Word, I'd definitely stick with that. My version of Word (2010 I think) seems to have no problem with .odt files. |
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Jul 10, 2014 16:19:08 GMT
Post by the light works on Jul 10, 2014 16:19:08 GMT
There was a push a few years ago to force all U.S. Government employees to use open source document files as some protest against MS. I don't think it went vary far as almost everything I get from the Gov is either .doc (MS)or .pdf (Adobe) files. Wonder what Lois Lerner used. I think its one of those cases of trying to pass a law to cut off your nose to spite your face - as far as I know, when you buy the government version of any operating system, they bundle their office package with it - so the available options are to pay more for a civilian version without office, or get the government discount and then delete office... |
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Jul 10, 2014 17:23:31 GMT
Post by kharnynb on Jul 10, 2014 17:23:31 GMT
When oracle bought out Sun microsystems, they also got the name openoffice, since sun used to work with the open office foundation, and they are the ones that started openoffice out of staroffice, and gave the sourcecode away.
Since Oracle is a douchey company and didn't want to work with the original openoffice guys, they split off to make libreoffice and openoffice is an oracle effort, where they are trying to sneak in oracle database standards and ocacle java setups.
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Jul 11, 2014 7:51:48 GMT
Post by silverdragon on Jul 11, 2014 7:51:48 GMT
The case is Micro-bodge is/was/still is getting to big for its boots, and Govt. decided to support free choice, and support competition.
They hoped that it may force Micro-bodge to drop prices.
Plus they dont want to be beholden to one single supplier.
Plus open office also works on other operating systems?....
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Jul 11, 2014 13:54:48 GMT
Post by the light works on Jul 11, 2014 13:54:48 GMT
The case is Micro-bodge is/was/still is getting to big for its boots, and Govt. decided to support free choice, and support competition. They hoped that it may force Micro-bodge to drop prices. Plus they dont want to be beholden to one single supplier. Plus open office also works on other operating systems?.... so are you going to take the drivers seat out of your Volvo truck cab and replace it with an apple crate, because it is free and works in other truck cabs? (exaggerated to make a point) |
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Jul 13, 2014 6:10:15 GMT
Post by silverdragon on Jul 13, 2014 6:10:15 GMT
The case is Micro-bodge is/was/still is getting to big for its boots, and Govt. decided to support free choice, and support competition. They hoped that it may force Micro-bodge to drop prices. Plus they dont want to be beholden to one single supplier. Plus open office also works on other operating systems?.... so are you going to take the drivers seat out of your Volvo truck cab and replace it with an apple crate, because it is free and works in other truck cabs? (exaggerated to make a point) If I went to buy a Volvo Truck, they come with a choice of seats, I make the choice. If they came without seats, and I got the "Seats are Extra..." spiel, I look elsewhere. Microbode operating system does not come with a free fully functioning Office suite... its "Extra"... even to industry users, the office part is extra. In a Truck, the Office part would be akin to having a sat-nav, some come built in, others, "Extra". If its an Extra, you get the best deal. If thats using a free open source android using Google maps........... I accept your exaggeration, but truth is stranger than fiction, the multi-licence (More than one machine) version of Wind-Woes-With-Office is many times more expensive than just Wind-woes. The hard part is that you only "Rent" the Office.... As in the case with XP, after so-many-years, greedy-bodge are withdrawing support for XP, as they will in turn with all O/S's, and therefore it will become obsolete, requiring a "Update" to Win7, 8 or above, and, again, you will have to pay extra for the Office part. So to fully reply to your question, if it turned out I was only "Renting" the seats, I would indeed rip them out and replace them. But Volvo dont work that way, so we are all a winner. |
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Jul 13, 2014 14:03:36 GMT
Post by the light works on Jul 13, 2014 14:03:36 GMT
so are you going to take the drivers seat out of your Volvo truck cab and replace it with an apple crate, because it is free and works in other truck cabs? (exaggerated to make a point) If I went to buy a Volvo Truck, they come with a choice of seats, I make the choice. If they came without seats, and I got the "Seats are Extra..." spiel, I look elsewhere. Microbode operating system does not come with a free fully functioning Office suite... its "Extra"... even to industry users, the office part is extra. In a Truck, the Office part would be akin to having a sat-nav, some come built in, others, "Extra". If its an Extra, you get the best deal. If thats using a free open source android using Google maps........... I accept your exaggeration, but truth is stranger than fiction, the multi-licence (More than one machine) version of Wind-Woes-With-Office is many times more expensive than just Wind-woes. The hard part is that you only "Rent" the Office.... As in the case with XP, after so-many-years, greedy-bodge are withdrawing support for XP, as they will in turn with all O/S's, and therefore it will become obsolete, requiring a "Update" to Win7, 8 or above, and, again, you will have to pay extra for the Office part. So to fully reply to your question, if it turned out I was only "Renting" the seats, I would indeed rip them out and replace them. But Volvo dont work that way, so we are all a winner. Ever try to buy factory replacement parts for a 20 year old car? Win XP stopped being the current model year in 2005. in computer years, that makes it the equivalent of a carburetor. and when you are licensing it for 3000 computers at a whack, you get certain discounts. |
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Jul 13, 2014 14:50:11 GMT
Post by GTCGreg on Jul 13, 2014 14:50:11 GMT
How long is Microsoft expected to support an operating system and just what does that "support" consist of? As best as I can determine, all of the bugs that were going to be removed from XP were done so with service pack 3. After that, the "support" consisted of closing security vulnerabilities as they were identified. How long should Microsoft be required to do this? If you buy a car with an anti-theft system and in 5 years thieves find a way to circumvent it, will the automaker install a new anti-theft system for free? Of course not.
The only thing that bothered me about Microsoft discontinuing XP support is the way it was turned into a marketing tool to try to convince XP users that if they didn't update to a new OS, their computing world was going to come crashing down. Microsoft even put a notice in the last XP update that warns you of the dangers of continuing to be so foolish as to keep using XP. And Microsoft wasn't the only one to blame for this "sky is falling" hype. Most of your so called computer "experts" also jumped on the bandwagon crying the dangers of continuing to use XP.
I really don't care that Microsoft no longer supports XP nor do I think they should. Most of the third party security providers continue to support XP. My business still uses a number of XP based machines and I will continue to use them until the hardware dies, however long that may take. I didn't install Microsoft's last XP update because I don't want my XP computers warning me each time I start them about how stupid I am for continuing to use my investment.
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Jul 13, 2014 14:58:15 GMT
Post by the light works on Jul 13, 2014 14:58:15 GMT
How long is Microsoft expected to support an operating system and just what does that "support" consist of? As best as I can determine, all of the bugs that were going to be removed from XP were done so with service pack 3. After that, the "support" consisted of closing security vulnerabilities as they were identified. How long should Microsoft be required to do this? If you buy a car with an anti-theft system and in 5 years thieves find a way to circumvent it, will the automaker install a new anti-theft system for free? Of course not. The only thing that bothered me about Microsoft discontinuing XP support is the way it was turned into a marketing tool to try to convince XP users that if they didn't update to a new OS, their computing world was going to come crashing down. Microsoft even put a notice in the last XP update that warns you of the dangers of continuing to be so foolish as to keep using XP. And Microsoft wasn't the only one to blame for this "sky is falling" hype. Most of your so called computer "experts" also jumped on the bandwagon crying the dangers of continuing to use XP. I really don't care that Microsoft no longer supports XP nor do I think they should. Most of the third party security providers continue to support XP. My business still uses a number of XP based machines and I will continue to use them until the hardware dies, however long that may take. I didn't install Microsoft's last XP update because I don't want my XP computers warning me each time I start them about how stupid I am for continuing to use my investment. 5 years? more like 9. and you needn't have worried, my computer hasn't pestered me even once after the cutoff date. (yeah, no upgrade for me - it would essentially brick my computer.) |
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Jul 13, 2014 19:00:01 GMT
Post by blazerrose on Jul 13, 2014 19:00:01 GMT
My computer gets little pop-up warnings that XP support ended on April whateverth, but it's still plugging along. It even read every folder on the old Win7 drive I plugged into it to see if there had been any damage, doing a better job than the Vista computer did.
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