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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                 FORM OF 6.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE AUGUST 15, 2013

                  THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY
BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

                  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"),
TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.



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                      6.25% Senior Note Due August 15, 2013


                                                                    $400,000,000
CUSIP NO. 676220AF3

                  OFFICE DEPOT, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of Four Hundred Million Dollars on August 15, 2013, and to pay
interest thereon from August 11, 2003 or from the most recent interest payment
date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on
February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing February 15, 2004, at the
rate of 6.25% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available
for payment.

                  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any interest payment date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such
interest, which shall be the February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such interest payment date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such regular record date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

                  Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the
option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided that such
Person shall have given the Trustee written wire instructions at least five
Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date.

                  Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.

                        [Signatures appear on next page]
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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.


Dated:  __________ __, 2003

                                           Office Depot, Inc.



                                           By
                                              ---------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:

Attest:


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Name:
Title:



                     TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION




         This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



                                           SUNTRUST BANK,
                                              as Trustee



                                           By
                                              ---------------------------------
                                                   Authorized Signatory




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                              [Reverse of Security]

         Section 1.  INDENTURE

         The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
August 11, 2003, between the Company and the Trustee, and Supplemental Indenture
No. 1 thereto, dated as of August 11, 2003 (collectively, the "Indenture"). The
terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on
the date of the Indenture. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject
to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Securityholders are referred
to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms and
provisions.

         The Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Company
initially limited to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding. This Security is one of the Initial Securities referred to in the
Indenture. The Securities include the Initial Securities and any Exchange
Securities and Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange for Initial
Securities. The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the
Indenture.

         Section 2.  REDEMPTION

         The Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company at any time or from time to time. The redemption price for the
Securities to be redeemed on any redemption date will be equal to the greater of
the following amounts:

         o  100% of the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed on the
            redemption date; or

         o  the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of
            principal of and interest on the Securities being redeemed on that
            redemption date (not including any portion of any payments of
            interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the
            redemption date on a semiannual basis at the Treasury Rate (as
            defined below), plus 30 basis points,

plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to the redemption
date.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Securities
that are due and payable on interest payment dates falling on or prior to a
redemption date will be payable on the interest payment date to the Holders as
of the close of business on the relevant record date. The redemption price will
be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

         "Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security

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selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as having a maturity comparable to the
remaining term of the notes.

         "Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption
date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations, or (C) if only
one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is received, such Quotation.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer" means (A) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or
Goldman, Sachs & Co. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury
Dealers), and their respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the
foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New
York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company will substitute therefor
another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (B) any other Primary Treasury Dealer(s)
selected by the Company.

         "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

         "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate
per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as
a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such redemption date.

         Section 3.  SINKING FUND

         The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.

         Section 4.  DENOMINATIONS; TRANSFER; EXCHANGE

         The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the
Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer
of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption or to transfer or exchange
any Securities for a period of 15 days prior to the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed.



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         Section 5.  PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

         The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.

         Section 6.  UNCLAIMED MONEY

         If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for
two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company
at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

         Section 7.  DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

         Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate
some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the
Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the
payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity,
as the case may be.

         Section 8.  TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY

         Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect
obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal
with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee.

         Section 9.  NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

         A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each
Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

         Section 10.  AUTHENTICATION

         This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.

         Section 11.  GOVERNING LAW

         THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE

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PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

         Section 12.  CUSIP NUMBERS

         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders. No representation is
made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or
as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers placed thereon.

         Section 13.  HOLDERS' COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and
agrees to the provisions of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement,
including, without limitation, the obligations of the Holders with respect to a
registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided
therein. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Security and the
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the terms of the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement shall control.

         The Company will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written
request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it
the text of this Security.