Import Open Office .odt into InDesign CS3

Hello–
I am working on the layout for a small book and was given several Open Office .odt files containing text and images. Is there any way I can import / open these files in an InDesign document so that the text flows across the pages and is editable?
I was hoping some type of simple plugin existed or I could save them as .pdf and import but neither of those are possible.
Any help or suggestions that anyone could offer would be fantastic – thank you!

FWIW, I prefer NeoOffice to the actual OO Mac app (if you're on a Mac).
http://neooffice.org/
But yes, at that point save it as RTF or as Microsoft Word 95/2000/XP DOC format and you should be good to go.

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