Can Word open a .odt file?

I'm using Office for Mac 2008, version 12.3.5.  I've received a .odt (Open Office) file on an email but cannot open it.  I did get a message that the file may be corrupt or contain unreadable elements.  Is there anything I can download to read it assuming that it just hasn't been recognised or should Word read it & therefore it must be corrupt?

Thanks
Janet
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Word Online defaults to docx format, not odt. Odt is an optional save format in that version. Here is Microsoft's page on which features are supported: Differences between the OpenDocument Text (.odt) format and the Word (.docx) format used by Word Online
Author of "OOXML Hacking - Unlocking Microsoft Office's Secrets", ebook now out
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