Convert ODT to RTF

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

What is RTF file?

The .RTF (Rich Text Format) file extension is used for documents that contain text files with formatting attributes. It is supported by various different text processors, such as Microsoft Word, and can be used for documents created in these programs. The .RTF format is supported by several other programs, including OpenOffice , LibreOffice, and various other word processors. [ ⏩ ] RTF file extension

How to convert the file from ODT to RTF?

To successfully convert the ODT file to RTF, 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.ODT). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case RTF (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 RTF).

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. ODT to RTF. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting ODT files to RTF 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 RTF, while before this step we had the ODT file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new RTF file, or not.

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