Here is a tutorial on how you can convert an ODT document to Word (DOC, DOCX) format on Windows with free software or an online tool.

Uncheck the box next to "Always Use the Selected Program to Open this Kind of File" in the Open With dialog box if you do not want ODT files to always open in MS Word.

Users of open-source office suites like Lotus Symphony and OpenOffice know that those programs can open Microsoft Office documents, but what if you're an Office user who needs to open an Open ...

Avoid saving your DOCX files in the open-source ODT file format, however, because only the versions of Word that create and open DOCX files natively -- without the installation of converters and ...