> I can not pinpoint exactly what yields the error, but it reads "Format > error discovered in the file in sub-document styles.xml at > 415,108(row,col) when the file attempts to open in openoffice 3.2. I > am using org-mode 7.6.
What is your default coding system. As christian points out, the bullet char is not representable in the specific coding system that you use. As a consequence, the file is clobbered. If you are averse to upgrading to latest org -- odt exporter is not available in the standard GNU ELPA packages -- you can switch your org file to utf-8 encoding. That could help a bit. --
