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Office Open XML File Format Spec Draft Published

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
Network World

Microsoft going to XML as default file format in Office 12

Microsoft said Thursday that XML would be the default file format for three applications when it ships Office 12 late next year. The company said its new Microsoft Office Open XML Formats would be ...
ZDNet

Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress

Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun. Earlier this month ...
eWeek

Office Open XML Down but Not Out

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft may have lost the battle to have its Office Open ...
Government Technology

Microsoft to Base Next Office Documents on XML

Microsoft Corp. announced that it is adopting industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology for the default file formats in the next version of Microsoft Office editions, currently ...
Computerworld

Microsoft moves to XML format in Office 12

A new XML-based file format will become the default in Office 12, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday, as it prepares to discuss plans for its Office update at next week’s TechEd developer conference.
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Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...
CNET

Microsoft Office Open XML File Converter 0.2 released: Better Word conversion

The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft says support for Open XML is growing

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the file ...
PC Magazine

Office file formats

Starting with Office 2007, Microsoft switched to Office Open XML (OOXML) as the default file formats for its applications. However, the legacy .doc (Word), .xls (Excel) and .ppt (PowerPoint) file ...
Computerworld

Microsoft puts older Office file formats in public domain — sort of

Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has made technical information about all of its Office binary file formats openly available to outside software developers, while promising never to sue them for ...