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In development of a text editor application, I came across a need to test an .ODM format (OpenDocument Master Document) support. I tried searching OpenOffice documentation for samples, but failed to find any.

Please suggest where to find such samples.

SharpAffair
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You can make them with OpenOffice.org Writer.

I did it once just to see how it worked.

OK, I am using the ODF 1.2 Specification Part 3 because it is not too large but has several chapters.

So I opened OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part3.odt (actually using LibreOffice 3.3.2 but OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 and earlier work the same way).

On the menu bar select File | Send > Create Master Document

This will give you a Name and Path of Master Document dialog, with Save as type set to ODF Master Document (*.odm).

I navigated the Save dialog to the folder where I wanted to save the Master and its parts. I then specified MasterDocDemo. There's a Template setting pull-down which defaults to Outline Level 1. I left that alone and clicked "Save." I ended up with an 8-part document:

 MasterDocDemo.odm
 MasterDocDemo1.odt
 MasterDocDemo2.odt
 ...
 MasterDocDemo7.odt

Do that yourself with something that has chapters or something with headings at Outline Level 1 and then explore.

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Opendocument format 1.1 specification on schemacentral

You can find all type of open document format specification provided by OASIS here. (including v1.1, v1.2)

LibreOffice and OOo supports this format. To create ODF master doc you can export odt files to odm from Lo or OOo.

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