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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent | 19.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations |  | 23.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | 20.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations |  | 29.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount | $ 800,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount |  |  | $ 2,800,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Increase in Net Expense of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 600,000 otex_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIncreaseinNetExpenseofUnrecognizedTaxBenefits |  |  | 1,800,000 otex_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIncreaseinNetExpenseofUnrecognizedTaxBenefits |  |  |  |
Income Taxes impact of Adjustments upon Filing Tax Returns | 2,100,000 otex_IncomeTaxesimpactofAdjustmentsuponFilingTaxReturns |  |  | 2,400,000 otex_IncomeTaxesimpactofAdjustmentsuponFilingTaxReturns |  |  |  |
Interest expense accrued | 29,048,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued | [1] |  | 29,048,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued | [1] |  | 26,235,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued | [1]
Penalties accrued | 6,856,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued | [1] |  | 6,856,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued | [1] |  | 7,858,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAccrued | [1]
Increase (decrease) in gross unrecognized tax benefit in next 12 months | (25,900,000)us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeLowerBound |  |  | (25,900,000)us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeLowerBound |  |  |  |
Number of years open to examination |  |  |  | 10 years |  |  |  |
Taxes paid on cash distribution | $ 8,500,000 otex_TaxesPaidOnCashDistribution |  |  | $ 8,500,000 otex_TaxesPaidOnCashDistribution |  |  | $ 7,600,000 otex_TaxesPaidOnCashDistribution |
[1] | These balances have been included within "Long-term income taxes payable" within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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