OpenDocument
RSS OpenDocumentSort by: Relevance | Date
Microsoft wants to integrate Office 14 with rivals
News The next version of Office will natively support the OpenDocument format (as will the next service pack for Office 2007). Microsoft is working hard to ensure Office 14 integrates well with other products. [06 Mar 2009]
Oasis forms ODF support committee
News The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (Oasis) has formed a committee to promote the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard. The ODF Interoperability and Conformance (OIC) committee will... [05 Nov 2008]
Open source group fights OOXML standard
News UKUUG also says OOXML is unnecessary, given the existence of the OpenDocument Format (ODF), another XML-based international standard format. A group of UK open-source advocates is seeking donations so it can continue its... [23 Jun 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of OOXML because of compatibility issues. Microsoft announced on Wednesday it will support ODF version 1.1 in the release of... [23 May 2008]
OpenOffice 3.0 beta gets an airing
News The first beta-test version of the OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite was released this week, adding significant features such as improved Mac OS X support and support for the OpenDocument 1.2 standard. [09 May 2008]
OOXML row continues
News OOXML is Microsoft's answer to the OpenDocument Format, an established ISO standard based entirely on open specifications. The British Standards Institution has been taken to court by a group of Unix users in an attempt... [02 May 2008]
Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML
News In future, Brown hopes to repeat the test to see if the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, conforms with the Open Source Initiative version of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) document standard -... [21 Apr 2008]
OOXML standard: ISO calls for end to 'personal attacks'
News Many observers had been against that standardisation, pointing out that the OpenDocument Format (ODF) already existed as an ISO standard, and arguing OOXML's documentation contained too many unanswered technical problems... [15 Apr 2008]
The ISO is right to back Microsoft's OOXML
Comment The most obvious one is that a perfectly good ISO standard for storing office type documents in XML format already exists in ODF (OpenDocument Format). Cooler heads have wisely prevailed, argues Dale Vile of Freeform... [04 Apr 2008]
OOXML standard on a knife-edge
News IBM uses the competing OpenDocument Format (ODF), which is already an international standard. The British Standards Institution (BSI) could change sides, days before voting closes, and register a vote in favour of... [28 Mar 2008]
An overview of the IBM productivity tools
White Paper Creating documents that support the OpenDocument Format allows organizations to access, use and maintain their documents without concern about end of life uncertainties or ongoing software licensing and royalty fees. [18 Oct 2007]
No open door for Microsoft's Office Open XML
News Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS). [14 Aug 2007]
Massachusetts opts for open docs 'third way'
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to adopt both OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's rival Office Open XML document format. In a letter posted by the US state's IT division, Henry Dormitzer, undersecretary of... [03 Aug 2007]
Massachusetts moots opening door to Microsoft
News Another proposed change to the policy would make the most recent version of OpenDocument Format for Office Applications - another standardised document format - acceptable under the state's guidelines. [03 Jul 2007]
Microsoft to expand document formats
News The software behemoth is also expected to make available beta versions of previously announced translators between Excel and PowerPoint and corresponding applications that support the OpenDocument Format, or ODF. [21 May 2007]
