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Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on

September 12, 2006 The free download enables Office 2007 users to save documents as Adobe PDF or Microsoft XPS formats. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, add-on, document, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc.

Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12

October 3, 2005 Office 12, due in late 2006, will let people generate PDFs from Office documents. PDF viewer is still required, though. TAGS: Office 12, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, Adobe Systems Inc., XML, Microsoft Corp., format, Adobe Acrobat, document, support, Microsoft Windows Vista, blog, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft adding XML files to Office 12

June 2, 2005 XML-based file formats in the offing for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications are expected to free up data and improve security. TAGS: Office 12, XML, Microsoft Office, format, business software, document, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, XML file, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Novell to support Microsoft Office documents

December 4, 2006 Company joins project designed to bridge rival document formats and thus enable its OpenOffice customers to work with Microsoft Office. TAGS: Novell Inc., OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice.org, productivity suite, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, XML, open source, document, Microsoft Corp.

Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office

May 24, 2005 As government gets strict on how companies manage data, Microsoft looks at ways to make Word, other files more secure. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Microsoft sails through document standard vote

December 7, 2006 Office Open XML, the default file format in Office 2007, was certified Thursday as a standard at Ecma International. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, XML, productivity suite, standard, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, document, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, XML, Microsoft Office, Massachusetts, standards, document, policy, state, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Microsoft to standardize Office formats

November 21, 2005 Office's 12 XML-based file formats will be submitted to European standards body Ecma International. TAGS: ECMA, Office 12, standards body, XML, Microsoft Office, representative, IBM Corp., specification, document, Microsoft Corp., open source, format

IBM sits out Office document standards effort

December 21, 2005 Big Blue won't participate in an international committee that is standardizing Microsoft Office document formats. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, committee, IBM Corp., standards, Microsoft Office, XML, document, vice president, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's backward route to ODF support

May 23, 2008 The changes Redmond's own OOXML underwent in becoming a standard make it more difficult for the company to support OOXML, rather than ODF, in Office 2007.(By Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK) TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Jason Matusow, interoperability, commission, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, antitrust, announcement, Microsoft Corp., document, support, Adobe PDF, Service Pack 2

OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota

February 7, 2007 States may follow Massachusetts in making the rival to Microsoft Word format the standard for all documents, spreadsheets and presentations. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Texas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, agency, bill, spreadsheet, presentation, standard, document, state, Microsoft Office, XML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word

Corel to support Microsoft Office, ODF formats

November 29, 2006 Maker of the WordPerfect word processor and productivity suite will support Microsoft's Office Open XML, OpenDocument format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Corel Corp., Corel WordPerfect, word-processor, productivity suite, Microsoft Office, XML, format, document, Microsoft Corp.

Office, Vista changed in wake of Adobe threat

June 2, 2006 Microsoft is tweaking its updates to Office and Windows in part to head off a legal challenge over use of PDF technology. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, computer company, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, antitrust, document, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Office to get a dose of OpenDocument

May 5, 2006 Developers have created a way to save OpenDocument documents from Microsoft Office. The first customer may be the commonwealth of Massachusetts. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Microsoft Office, Massachusetts, development, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., open source, format, document

Adobe snaps up document security tools

January 9, 2006 Copy-restriction software lets businesses safeguard sensitive documents, including PDF, Microsoft Office and CAD files. TAGS: Adobe LiveCycle, Adobe Systems Inc., CAD, security tool, document, Adobe PDF, acquisition, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., server

Microsoft XML guru sees power for the people

April 27, 2005 Jean Paoli predicts that an explosion in XML docs will create big market for work flow, analytical tools. TAGS: XML, Office 12, Microsoft Longhorn, workflow, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp.

ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

May 16, 2006 ISO approval of OpenDocument will thwart standards-group certification of Microsoft's XML document, research firm says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Gartner Inc., XML, StarOffice, migration, approval, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp., format

IBM to support OpenDocument early next year

December 5, 2005 Big Blue says support for the standard and Web-centric design of desktop software will appeal to emerging markets. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, workplace, desktop software, IBM Corp., developing country, emerging market, India, open standard, standard, Microsoft Office, document, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft to release ODF document converter

February 2, 2007 Microsoft-sponsored open-source group expected to release ODF translator for Word. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, SourceForge, Microsoft Office, open source, Microsoft Office 2007, XML, general manager, Novell Inc., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., document, Adobe PDF, format

Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan

August 24, 2006 In letter seen by CNET News.com, commonwealth says it'll use Office suite plug-in as it moves to standardized format. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, disability, state, Microsoft Office, information technology, agency, letter, OpenOffice, document, open source, Microsoft Corp.