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RSS file word in newsMicrosoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML
News Word documents generated by today's version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to tests run by... [21 Apr 2008]
South Africa plumps for Open Documents
News ODF is a file format used for office documents such as word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. The South African government is to adopt Open Document Format (ODF) as its preferred standard for... [29 Oct 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News We have to run Office and we have to allow Word, RTF, PowerPoint and Excel files through. C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cyber criminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text... [26 Sep 2007]
Microsoft to expand document formats
News An initial translator for Word was released earlier this year, while those for PowerPoint and Excel are expected to be completed by the end of the year. The company is expected to announce it is sponsoring an open source... [21 May 2007]
Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'
News The remaining zero-day vulnerabilities for which fixes are now available are in Internet Explorer and Word, Microsoft said. The Word flaw had also been used in cyber attacks, it said. Most of the... [09 May 2007]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News When a user opens a rigged Word file, it may corrupt system memory in such a way that an attacker could gain complete control over the PC, Microsoft said in a security advisory. A new, yet-to-be-patched... [16 Feb 2007]
Microsoft-backed ODF converter set for launch
News Microsoft started the project at SourceForge last year, relying on three partners to develop the code that lets a user open and save word-processor documents in two different formats. The plug-in will work with... [02 Feb 2007]
Phone-crashing bugs found in Windows Mobile
News In addition to the Windows Mobile issues, Microsoft is also investigating a report of yet another vulnerability in Word. Symantec and the French Security Incident Response Team, or FrSirt, say they have spotted a fifth... [01 Feb 2007]
Attackers hitting yet another Word flaw
News An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious Word file," it said. Another previously undocumented, yet-to-be-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft... [26 Jan 2007]
Office 2008 for Mac: It's coming this year
News Other features unique to Office 2008 for Mac include an improved ability to do page layout work within Microsoft Word, and a new set of templates in Excel which allow users to do things like create invoices without... [11 Jan 2007]
Redmond patches Windows, Office flaws
News Microsoft yesterday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch. Andrew Storms, director of security operations at network security... [10 Jan 2007]
OpenOffice tackles "highly critical" hole
News It contains all the standard business applications, including word processing, database and spreadsheet programmes. Users must manually install the file in place of its vulnerable predecessor, or upgrade... [08 Jan 2007]
Cyber attackers exploiting Word flaw
News An attacker could rig a Word file in such a way that he would gain complete control over a vulnerable PC when the file is opened, Microsoft said in an advisory. An attacker could exploit... [06 Dec 2006]
Google 'needs' Microsoft for enterprise success
News Girouard believes next year will be a breakthrough year for Google apps such as its spreadsheets and word processing service, formerly known as Writely. The bulk of Google's enterprise revenue still comes from search and... [21 Nov 2006]
Microsoft readies Office Live for free UK trial
News Rival Google earlier this year launched the online Google Docs, with Spreadsheets following last month, but Microsoft's Kimber said Microsoft's focus groups had shown very little demand from businesses for online versions of... [15 Nov 2006]
