As far as I know, OpenOffice XML files are zip files, whch have to be unzipped before they can be edited. If necessary, rename the file to xyz.zip, unzip it using your favorite unzipper tool (winzip, 7zip) or whatever into a folder of your choice and do what you want with the xml files.
Later on, you can zip the changed files maintaining the structure.
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has anyone tried to open an ooWriter file (like .sxw for ooWriter) with notepad++ with xml plugin? (.odt is just .zip with .xml files.)
I don't know where to find the xml-schema file for openOffice -- I'm guessing that the xml plugin would require it somewhere?
As far as I know, OpenOffice XML files are zip files, whch have to be unzipped before they can be edited. If necessary, rename the file to xyz.zip, unzip it using your favorite unzipper tool (winzip, 7zip) or whatever into a folder of your choice and do what you want with the xml files.
Later on, you can zip the changed files maintaining the structure.