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Kali

(56,896 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:22 PM Jun 2025

Any hints or very simplistic instructions for opening an odt file on my old Android phone

Use chrome browser if that matters? I can see pdf files but it says can't open file after downloading. Kits a newsletter from a friend)

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Any hints or very simplistic instructions for opening an odt file on my old Android phone (Original Post) Kali Jun 2025 OP
ODT reader/viewer from the Google Play store? sl8 Jun 2025 #1
Oh, ok Kali Jun 2025 #3
You're welcome. sl8 Jun 2025 #5
Maybe OpenDocument Reader - view ODT Ptah Jun 2025 #2
Thank you! Kali Jun 2025 #4
LibreOffice LPBBEAR Jun 2025 #6

sl8

(17,147 posts)
1. ODT reader/viewer from the Google Play store?
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:29 PM
Jun 2025

There are other app sources if you don't want use Google, but that's by far the most used.

I don't have any recommendations for which particular app is best, sorry.

sl8

(17,147 posts)
5. You're welcome.
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:37 PM
Jun 2025

Is that enough info to get started? Have you used the GooglePlay app?

The icon looks like:

Ptah

(34,158 posts)
2. Maybe OpenDocument Reader - view ODT
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:30 PM
Jun 2025
About this app
View and modify documents created using LibreOffice or OpenOffice on the go using the Document Reader & Document Editor!

The file reader & document editor allows you to open files like ODF (Open Document Format) documents created using LibreOffice or OpenOffice wherever you are. In the bus on your way

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.tomtasche.reader&hl=en_US&pli=1

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