SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 9, 2003

                              Open Text Corporation
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          Ontario                      0-27544                    98-0154400
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(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

                  185 Columbia Street West, Waterloo, Ontario,
                                 Canada N2L5Z5
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (519) 888-7111
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Item 5:  Other Events
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         On January 9, 2003, Open Text Corporation ("Open Text") issued a press
release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 7: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(c) Exhibits

Exhibit No.                               Description
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   99.1                Press Release issued by Open Text on January 9, 2003.




                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          OPEN TEXT CORPORATION



January 14, 2003                          By: /s/ P. Thomas Jenkins
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                                              P. Thomas Jenkins
                                              Chief Executive Officer



                                  Exhibit Index
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Exhibit No.                               Description
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   99.1                Press Release issued by Open Text on January 9, 2003.