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I make lists using .odt files and I would like to make them searchable using file explorer/Windows 10. Is this possible??

The easiest way may be to Save As and select text format; this will have no formatting.

The contents of .odt files are searchable by Windows.

Create a new .odt document with the word zebra in it. Save it as fred.odt. Search for zebra and Windows will find fred.odt.

If it does not go Windows > Settings (gear wheel) > Search > Searching Windows > Advanced search indexer settings > Advanced > File types ..., and make sure .odt is set to Index properties and file contents.
It it still does not work use Windows Help? Troubleshooter? to repair? rebuild? the Index and/or the Search function, and check the Search Service is running. See Windows 7 Search for ODT files not found (Ver 4.1.7)

Showing that a problem has been solved helps others searching so, if your problem is now solved, please view your first post in this thread and click the Edit button (top right in the post) and add [Solved] in front of the subject.

If you read German: http://mechtilde.de/Loook/
Loook is a Python program to look up keywords in ODF documents and http://mechtilde.de/Loook/Downloads/loook-0.8.6.exe is the Windows installer.
If your files contain nothing but lists, plain text instead of ODF would be the simple solution.

Docfetcher is another good one.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the *EDIT button if your issue has been fixed.

Use the terms "ifilter" and "solved" in the forum search box to find some possible solutions. OpenOffice installs the IFilter that Windows Search uses to index OpenDocument Format files.