Open Document Guide

From Bioptrain

Why to choose Open Document format?

• it's open
• it's based on XML
• it has been approved as the ISO and IEC International Standard ISO/IEC 26300.

Which applications supports Open Document format?

• Open Office (for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X , Solaris and FreeBSD)
• KOffice (for Linux and Mac OS X)
• AbiWord (for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X)
• and many more [1]

Are there other ways to access files in Open Document format?

1. Plugins for Microsoft Office:
   • Sun's ODF plugin (for MS Office 2000, XP, 2003)
   • odf-converter (for MS Office XP, 2003, 2007)
   • ooo-word-filter (for MS Word 2003)
2. Viewers (read only):
   • ODFReader (add-on for Firefox)
   • ODF Viewer
   • TextMaker Viewer
   • Visioo-Writer