Kernel for Writer is a data recovery software for OpenOffice Writer document files. It helps to recover data from odt files like text, images, tables, Unicode characters, text formatting, page orientations of the file. It repairs and recovers data and then saves it to new working .odt files. Software is available for free download where free version of the software saves limited amount of data and images. It will display the words 'demo' and 'demo restriction' in place of text and images. Users need to purchase full version of the software to view original file content. It supports every version of OpenOffice Writer to perform data recovery installed on Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2002, and 2000.