ODT is a file format used by the OpenOffice Writer application to store text. This format is not compatible with Microsoft Office Word 2007 and older versions. However, Microsoft Office Word 2010 ...

This can be a useful strategy if you are using pre-2013 versions of Word. In the PDF, click Ctrl-A to highlight all the text, then Ctrl-C to copy it. In your Word document, paste the text with Ctrl-V.

Andy Wolber explores how well Google Docs supports Open Document Format (ODF) files.

However, if you just need to convert a PDF to a Word document once a while, there are other free methods of doing so. If that’s the case, skip to the next sections.