Input file
ODM
- Full Name: OpenOffice.org OpenDocument Global Text Document Format
- Developer: OverDrive
Output file
ODT
- Full Name: ODF Text Document Format
- Developer: Oracle
What is ODM file?
The ODM file extension is associated with OverDrive Media. It is used to store an account user's data, such as rent a book/ebook, bookshelf, language settings, and lending estimate. Files in this format come protected with the proprietary Digital Rights Management (DRM) from OverDrive. Such files can be viewed on mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Windows Mobile, as well as desktop computers. The DRM prevents unauthorized users from accessing the content of an ODM file. [ ⏩ ] ODM file extension
What is ODT file?
The ODT (OpenDocument Text .odt) file extension is the native file format of Libre Office, an open source productivity suite for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and OS/2 operating systems. It is a type of office document file and one of the OpenDocument formats, created for documents which are part of a larger document collection and require special features when compared to plain text documents. [ ⏩ ] ODT file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from ODM to ODT?
To successfully convert the ODM file to ODT, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.ODM). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case ODT (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than ODT).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. ODM to ODT. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting ODM files to ODT files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension ODT, while before this step we had the ODM file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new ODT file, or not.