How do I open an ODT file without LibreOffice?

Drop the .odt file onto this page. It opens in your browser with its fonts, colors, lists, tables, images, headers and footers, so you do not need LibreOffice, OpenOffice or Word. It works on Windows, Mac, Chromebooks, Linux and phones.

ODT File Viewer

Open ODT files online and read OpenDocument text without LibreOffice or Word - real pages with headers, footers, footnotes and comments, plus search and PDF, TXT or HTML export. Got a Word file? Use the DOCX Viewer, for finished layouts the PDF Viewer, or browse all file viewers.

Drop an ODT file here or browse .odt, .ott and .fodt - plus a basic view of .ods and .odp. Up to about 150 MB, nothing is uploaded.

You can also paste a file with Ctrl + V

Page and reading view Comments and footnotes PDF, TXT, HTML No upload

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How to open an ODT file online

Open your document. Drop an .odt, .ott or .fodt file onto the page, browse for it, paste it, or try the sample. Nothing is uploaded.
Pick a view. Page view shows real pages with headers, footers and footnotes. Reading view reflows the text so you can make it bigger.
Find what you need. Search with highlighted matches, jump through the outline, read the comments and check the document properties.
Save or share. Save as PDF, export TXT, HTML or Markdown, copy all the text, or download the embedded images.

Shortcuts: Ctrl + F search, Enter / Shift + Enter next and previous match, Ctrl + P print, Ctrl + O open another file.

ODT viewer features

Real page view

Paper size, margins, headers, footers, page numbers and the page breaks LibreOffice saved in the file.

Reading view

The text reflows to your screen. Make it bigger, switch to sepia or night paper, or go full screen.

Faithful styles

Fonts, sizes, colors, highlights, spacing, indents, numbered headings, bullets, tables, columns and images.

Comments and notes

Comments with author and date, footnotes with links back to the text, endnotes and tracked changes.

Search and outline

Every match highlighted with next and previous, a clickable outline of the headings and a page jump box.

Export anything

Save as PDF, TXT, a self-contained HTML page or Markdown, copy all the text, or grab the embedded images.

Document properties

Title, author, dates, editing time, revisions, word and page statistics, plus the images and fonts inside.

100% private

Everything happens in your browser. The file is never uploaded and links inside it are never fetched.

Supported OpenDocument files

The viewer recognises the file by its contents, so a renamed file still opens in the right mode.

File	Extensions	What you get
Text document	.odt, .ott, .fodt, .odm	Full viewer: page and reading view, comments, notes, search, exports
Spreadsheet	.ods, .ots, .fods	Basic view: every sheet as a fast scrolling table, search, CSV export
Presentation	.odp, .otp, .fodp	Basic view: slides with their text, images and speaker notes
Drawing	.odg, .otg, .fodg	Basic view: pages with shapes, text and images

For Excel workbooks use the Excel Viewer, and for PowerPoint decks the PowerPoint Viewer. Older Word .doc files can be turned into a PDF with Word to PDF.

About ODT files

ODT (OpenDocument Text) is the standard document format of LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice.

It is an open ISO standard, so governments, schools and companies use it to keep documents readable for decades.

Inside, an .odt file is a ZIP package with XML files for the text, the styles and the properties, plus a Pictures folder. You can look at those parts with the ZIP File Viewer and read the raw XML in the XML Viewer.

ODT vs DOCX

Both are ZIP-and-XML formats. ODT follows the OpenDocument standard, while DOCX follows Microsoft's Office Open XML.

Word opens ODT and LibreOffice opens DOCX, but complex formatting can shift on the way. To read a Word file as it was saved, use the DOCX Viewer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Drop the .odt file onto this page. It opens in your browser with its fonts, colors, lists, tables, images, headers and footers.

You do not need LibreOffice, OpenOffice or Word, and it works on Windows, Mac, Chromebooks, Linux and phones.

No. The file is unpacked and drawn by JavaScript inside your browser and never leaves your device.

That makes the viewer safe for contracts, school work and official documents.

Very close. Page view uses the paper size, margins, headers, footers and page breaks saved in the file, and styles are rebuilt with their fonts, sizes, colors, spacing and indents.

Fonts that are not on your device are replaced with similar ones, so line breaks can differ slightly.

Word 2010 and newer can open .odt files, but complex layouts sometimes shift during the conversion.

If you only need to read, print or copy from the document, this viewer is faster and shows it as it was saved. For Word files, use the DOCX Viewer.

Yes. Save as PDF prints the pages exactly as shown, TXT gives the plain text, HTML gives one self-contained web page with the images inside, and Markdown keeps headings, lists and tables.

Embedded images can be saved one by one or as a ZIP.

Yes. Comments get numbered markers and a side panel with author and date, footnotes appear at the bottom of their page with links back to the text, and endnotes at the end.

Tracked changes can be switched on to see insertions and deletions.

Text documents (.odt), templates (.ott), flat XML documents (.fodt) and master documents (.odm) get the full viewer.

Spreadsheets (.ods, .fods) and presentations (.odp, .fodp) open in a basic view. Password-protected files cannot be opened - remove the password in LibreOffice first.

Yes. Press the speaker button to hear the document with the voices built into your browser, and pick the voice, speed and pitch in Options.

Click any paragraph while listening to jump there. For MP3 downloads, try Text to Speech Online.