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RSS formats open xmlDid Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News European antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft abused its desktop software market dominance in its effort to get the Office Open XML file formats standardised. The European Commission said in January it was exploring whether the... [04 Apr 2008]
Migrating to the 2007 Microsoft Office System
White Paper The Open XML Formats are more robust and secure than the formats that earlier Microsoft Office versions use. However, changes to the Microsoft Office file formats can significantly affect every users organization. [03 Apr 2008]
The Microsoft Office Open XML Format
White Paper Microsoft "Office 12" will introduce new default XML file formats for Microsoft Office Word word processing, Excel spreadsheet, and PowerPoint presentation graphics programs, and will change the way developers can approach solutions based on... [03 Apr 2008]
Office updates for Mac? There's good news and bad
News At the same time though, it has again pushed back the release of converters needed by users of Office 2004 to read documents saved in the new XML file formats used by Office 2007 for Windows. By further delaying the converters as more documents are... [22 Feb 2008]
MSDN Webcast: Developing Office Business Applications (Level 300)
White Paper This webcast shows an Office Business Application built, incorporating a Line Of-Business (LOB) system, the Business Data Catalog (BDC), Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Web parts, workflow, custom Ribbon, custom task pane, and... [15 Jan 2008]
Microsoft Office System Webcast: Compatibility Tips for the 2007 Office System File Formats - Collaborating With Users of Earlier Versions (Level 300)
White Paper This webcast focuses on the differences in behavior when user share Microsoft Office Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007 documents (the Office Open XML Formats) versus saving documents in the previous file formats (Compatibility Mode). [15 Jan 2008]
Software Developer Safeguards Customers Against Data Loss With Open XML Formats
White Paper MS Technology responded to customer demands for a platform-independent document format by supporting Open XML Formats in its document viewers. With Open XML, the company is providing its customers with better handling of corrupted files, reduced... [19 Dec 2007]
.NET and XML: Transforming XML With XSLT
White Paper One knows how to read XML from a variety of data sources and formats, write XML documents in different formats from arbitrary data structures, create and manipulate XML documents in memory using the DOM, and navigate through any XML tree using XPath. [10 Oct 2007]
XML Hacks: Unravel the OpenOffice File Format
White Paper You can also save documents in other formats, such as text, Rich Text Format, or HTML. The specification of the OpenOffice XML file format is being maintained by an OASIS technical committee (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php? [10 Oct 2007]
Microsoft Office System Webcast: Advanced Tips and Tricks: What You Can Really Do With Your Documents Across the 2007 Office Release (Level 300)
White Paper The presenter explores the many capabilities now available across all three of these programs-from the power of the Office Open XML Formats to the new graphics engine - and get a glimpse of how other programs in the 2007 Office release (such as... [05 Oct 2007]
Can Redmond rivals storm the Office stronghold?
News Michael Silver, an analyst at Gartner, said referring to two recent Microsoft setbacks: "I think there's some blood in the water between Microsoft not getting its Open XML [Office document formats] fast-track standards approval and the European... [19 Sep 2007]
Massachusetts opts for open docs 'third way'
News In a letter posted by the US state's IT division, Henry Dormitzer, undersecretary of administration and finance, and Bethann Pepoli, acting chief information officer, said that by adopting both standards the "Commonwealth continues on its path... [03 Aug 2007]
National Archive tackles 'digital dark age'
News Using the technology, the National Archive will also be able to convert material into open file formats which can be accessed via more current software. It estimates to have 580 terabytes of data on formats no longer commercially available. [04 Jul 2007]
Massachusetts moots opening door to Microsoft
News If accepted, the policy update would list Office Open XML as acceptable "open formats" for use by executive-branch state agencies. Office Open XML, also referred to as Ecma-376, are the XML-based file formats in Office 2007 that Microsoft... [03 Jul 2007]
Developing Web Applications With COLLADA and X3D
White Paper With the growing pressure for tool vendors and content providers to use open standards rather than closed proprietary formats, many are wondering which standard they should implement. COLLADA and X3D are two royalty-free open standards that use XML... [23 Jun 2007]
