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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, XML file, worker, Microsoft PowerPoint, document, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

Putting XML in the fast lane

January 13, 2005 Data exchange format is just too slow, some say. But there's debate over the best way to make Extensible Markup Language fly. TAGS: XML, XML document, Sun Microsystems Inc., traffic, agreement, format, IBM Corp.

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, Adobe Acrobat, format, Microsoft Corp., document, support, Microsoft Windows Vista, blog, Microsoft Windows

New Office file formats could cause headaches

December 5, 2006 Microsoft says Windows Mobile, Office for Mac won't be compatible with XML formats until next year. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh, format, XML, Microsoft Corp., blog

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., migration, XML, StarOffice, approval, Microsoft Office, document, Microsoft Corp., format

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.

Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard

November 28, 2005 After picking OpenDocument as a standard, commonwealth is "optimistic" that standardized Office formats will pass muster. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, procurement, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, state, Office 12, Microsoft Office, XML, standards, standard, Governor, agency, format, decision, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow

May 25, 2006 Office maker takes a swing at the open-source format, but ODF Alliance says Open XML's performance can't yet be measured. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Gartner Inc., documentation, SVG, OpenOffice.org, XML, analysis, format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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, IBM Corp., specification, representative, Microsoft Corp., document, open source, format

OpenDocument format gathers steam

November 10, 2005 Growing cadre of vendors vows to improve alternatives to Microsoft Office, as government customers voice more interest. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Office 12, desktop software, Microsoft Office, agency, technology company, vendor, XML, Massachusetts, standard, interest, IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft-led project to deliver on ODF

October 13, 2006 First converter between Microsoft Word and OpenDocument format set for release later this month. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, technical committee, XML, converter, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office 2007, specification, project, format, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

EC reluctant to back OpenDocument

May 8, 2006 Microsoft's drive to get its own file formats standardized may deter EC from endorsing OpenDocument, sources say. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ISO standards, representative, format, Microsoft Office, XML, Microsoft Corp.

Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop

September 1, 2005 State intends to phase out office applications from Microsoft and others in favor of software based on "open" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, XML, state, agency, standards, open source, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF, document, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., format, Microsoft Office

Microsoft calls IBM hypocritical on document standards

February 14, 2007 Redmond publishes open letter accusing Big Blue of blocking ISO from considering Office Open XML as document standard. TAGS: standardization, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., procurement, standards, representative, XML, general manager, letter, Microsoft Office, activity, Microsoft Corp., document, format

Microsoft's standardization move divides experts

November 22, 2005 Office's Open XML is "a tactical move by Microsoft to give its proprietary document formats a glimmer of openness," one researcher says. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Governor, open standard, GPL, XML, standard, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., format

Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats

December 14, 2005 State senators air the issues around its decision to use OpenDocument as the default desktop application format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, OASIS, standards, productivity-application, IBM Corp., senator, standard, decision, XML, vice president, state, Microsoft Office, information technology, forum, Sun Microsystems Inc.
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