Microsoft today released the final version of an open-source document translator for Microsoft Word that allows the user to save files in the OpenDocument (ODF) format. The conversion utility, hosted on SourceForge, has been in development for several months in a partnership between Microsoft and open-source developers.

The ODF translator has been tested on Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007. While it currently only works on Word files, the team expects an Excel document translator to be available by November 2007.

The software also can be found on Microsoft's Web site.

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