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This article describes what an ODT file is, how to open one on any device, and how to convert one to DOCX and other more common document formats.

An ODT file is an OpenDocument text document. These files are most often created by the free OpenOffice Writer word processor program.

ODT files are similar to the popular DOCX file format used with Microsoft Word. They're both document file types that can hold things like text, images, objects, and styles, and are compatible with lots of programs.

If your file isn't a document, it might instead be a dialog theme used with the Origin data analysis and graphic software. These files are formatted in XML and used to change how various dialog windows in the program appear.

ODT files are built with OpenOffice Writer, so that same program is the best way to open one. However, LibreOffice Writer, AbiSource AbiWord (download the Windows version), Doxillion, and several other free document editors can open ODT files, too.

Google Docs and Microsoft 365 Online can open ODT files online, and you can edit them there as well.

ODT Viewer is another free ODT viewer for Windows, but it's only useful for viewing ODT files; you can't edit the file with that program.

If you have Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect installed, those are two other ways to use ODT files; they're just not free to download. MS Word can both open and save to the ODT format.

Some of the programs just mentioned work on macOS and Linux, too, but NeoOffice (for Mac) and Calligra Suite (for Linux) are some alternatives. Also remember that Google Docs and Word Online are two online ODT viewers and editors, meaning that they work on not only Windows but any other operating system that can run a web browser.

To open an ODT file on an Android device, you can install the OpenDocument Reader app. iPhone and other iOS users can download and use OOReader or ikuDocs Documents, and probably some other document editors.

Origin Dialog Theme files are used by Origin, but you can't open the theme file in the program like you can other Origin file types like OPJU, OPJ, etc. Instead, an ODT file is stored in the program's "dialog" folder, usually in "C:\Program Files\OriginLab\Origin\Themes," from where Origin can read the settings and apply the appearance described by the theme file.

To convert an ODT file without having one of those ODT editors/viewers mentioned above, your best options are to use Zamzar or FileZigZag. Zamzar can save an ODT file to DOC, HTML, PNG, PS, and TXT, while FileZigZag supports some of those formats as well as PDF, RTF, STW, OTT, and others.

However, if you already have MS Word, OpenOffice Writer, or any of those other ODT openers installed, you can just open the file there and then choose a different document format when you save it. Most of those programs support other formats in addition to the formats those online ODT converters support, like DOCX.

This is true for the online ODT editors as well. To convert the ODT file using Google Drive, for example, right-click it (from the list of files in your account) and select Open with > Google Docs. Then, use the Google Docs File > Download as menu to save the ODT file to DOCX, RTF, PDF, TXT, or EPUB.

Another option is to download a dedicated free document file converter.

The ODT format isn't the exact same as MS Word's DOCX format.

ODT files are stored in a ZIP container but can also use XML, which makes it easier for the file to be created automatically without the need for an editor. Those types of files use the .FODT file extension.

You can make a FODT file from an ODT file with this command:

That command is available via the free OpenOffice suite.

If your file isn't opening with any of the several suggested programs above, there's a good chance that you don't really have an ODT file. Some file types share similar file extension letters that make it easy to confuse them with each other.

For example, an ADT file shares two of the three file extension letters but those files are not openable in an OpenOffice program. Instead, ADT files are ACT! Document Template files used with the Act! software.

Similarly, ODM files might look related to OpenOffice Writer but those are OverDrive Media files used within the context of the OverDrive app.

(Reuters) - Engineering design firm AECOM Technology Corp on Sunday said it would pay about $4 billion in cash and stock to acquire URS Corp, an engineering and construction services company, to create a combined company with about $19 billion in annual sales and more than 95,000 employees.

AECOM in a news release said it would pay $56.31 a share in cash and stock for URS, and that including the assumption of URS debt, the total enterprise value of the deal is about $6 billion.

Terms of the deal were unanimously approved by both of the California-based companies, and the deal is expected to close in October, AECOM said.

URS stockholders will receive $33 in cash and 0.734 share of AECOM common stock for each URS share. The price represents a premium of 19 percent over the trailing 30-day average closing price of URS shares and an 8 percent premium over URS’ closing share price on Friday of $52.02.

Reuters reported on Friday that URS had held talks with industry rivals and buyout firms about a potential sale. It noted that URS, which has been under pressure from activist investor Jana Partners to enhance shareholder value, had hired bankers to contact potential buyers and gauge their interest in the past few months, according to people familiar with the efforts.

URS provides engineering, construction and technical services to companies and to U.S. federal agencies, which accounted for a third of its 2013 revenue. Its government customers include the U.S. Army and the Department of Energy. Aside from AECOM, other large rivals are Fluor Corp, Jacobs Engineering Group, Tetra Tech Inc and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.

AECOM said the deal would make it one of the largest companies by revenue in the engineering and construction industry, and that it would become the largest publicly traded company headquartered in Los Angeles. It said it would maintain significant operations in San Francisco, where URS is based.

The transaction will create $250 million in annual cost-saving synergies, nearly all of which will be achieved by the end of fiscal year 2016, AECOM said. And it will be more than 25 percent accretive to AECOM’s cash earnings per share in fiscal year 2015, excluding transaction costs, the company said.

(The story was corrected in the headline and first paragraph, to show that the terms of the deal of $4 billion being paid in cash and stock. In second paragraph, adds that the value is $6 billion including assumption of debt)

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