11 Steps to Open ODF Files in Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Powerpoint

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.ODF file format is knows as saved files from OpenOffice documents. Basically users can open and edit .DOC (MS. Word Documents) directly in OpenOffice editor. But in contrary, Microsoft Office Word can’t open and edit .ODF files directly. So how to open and edit .ODF files in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel? Is it possible? Yup it is. There are 11 steps to open .ODF documents directly in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Yet, this tips works on Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003. So check it out:

11 Steps to Open .ODF Files in MS Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint

1. Firstly register at the Sun website and after that navigate to the ODF Plugin For Microsoft Office page. Visit:
http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/get.jsp

2. Then Login or Register if you still haven’t registered yourself.

3. Check the Sun ODF Plugin 3.1 for Microsoft Office and click the Download Selected with the Sun download manager.

4. A License dialog box will open up. Click I Accept.

5. Now a Set Options and Proxies dialog box should show up. Select the download destination. Select your preferable choices in the following fields and click OK.

6. Now click the Start button to start downloading.

7. After your download finishes, execute the file from the directory. Click Next.

8. Next select the directory where to unpack the file. This is not the main file, its just folder that contains the installation file so choose a place where you can delete it after using it to avoid wastage of disk space. Now click Unpack.

9. Click Next and check I accept the terms of the License Agreement and then click Next.

10. The default drive to be installed is C:Program Files or select the folder where you install your OpenOffice plugins.

11. After confirming everything, click Install. You’re done. You will now be able to directly open OpenOffice (.ODF) files in MS Office Word, Excel or Powerpoint. [via TT]