ODT creation, editing, and analysis

Overview

An .odt file is an OpenDocument ZIP package. Important package files:

• mimetype - should be the first ZIP entry and stored uncompressed as application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
• content.xml - document body
• styles.xml - named styles and page layout
• meta.xml - document metadata
• settings.xml - application settings
• META-INF/manifest.xml - package manifest

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