What is the difference between .msg and .odt?
- Extension
- .msg
- .odt
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Document
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Apache Software Foundation
- Description
- An MSG file is an email message, contact, appointment, or task created or saved within Microsoft Outlook. It may contain one or more email fields, which includes the date, sender, recipient, subject, and message body, or contact information, appointment details, and one or more task descriptions. MSG files are also compatible with other programs that use Microsoft's Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI).
- An ODT file is a text document created by various word processors, such as the Writer program included in Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. It contains different elements such as text, images, drawn objects, and styles. ODT files are formatted using the OASIS OpenDocument XML-based standard.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-outlook
- application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
- Sample
- sample.odt
- Wikipedia
- .msg on Wikipedia
- .odt on Wikipedia