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Office 2003 update blocks older file formats

January 3, 2008 Latest service pack for productivity suite renders older file formats--including those for Word, Excel, PowerPoint--inaccessible. TAGS: productivity suite, Microsoft Office 2003, Corel Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, service pack, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., format

Zero-day attack hits Word

February 15, 2007 Microsoft is working to patch a security flaw in its word-processing software that is being used in targeted cyberattacks. TAGS: cyberattack, Microsoft Word, vulnerability, Microsoft Office, attack, security, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp.

Word hole exploited in zero-day attacks

December 6, 2006 "Limited attacks" are taking advantage of previously unknown security bug in word-processing program, Microsoft warns. TAGS: Microsoft Word, attack, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, trojan horse, security, Apple Macintosh

Microsoft delays Office converters for Mac

May 15, 2007 Company pushes out by several months tools enabling Mac users to read new Office file formats. Limited Word-only converter is available now. TAGS: Microsoft Office, converter, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Word, format, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows

Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

April 21, 2008 Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO. (By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK) TAGS: Alex Brown, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, XML, OpenDocument Format, Judge, specification, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., blog, open source

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, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, document, worker, information technology, Microsoft Corp.

Office 2008 for Mac to come this year

January 9, 2007 Revamped Office for Mac, slated for second half of this year, will run on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Apple machines. TAGS: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, IBM PowerPC, Microsoft Office 2004, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office 2007, Apple Computer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Intel, 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, XML file, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, document, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

No fix yet for Word 2000 flaw

September 12, 2006 Microsoft releases patches for three security holes, but does not have a fix for a Word 2000 flaw being used in attacks. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, flaw, Qualys Inc., cyberattack, vulnerability, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, attacker, patch, patch management, fix, Microsoft Corp., security, software company, e-mail, PC

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches. TAGS: vulnerability, bulletin, patch management, attacker, flaw, fix, Microsoft Update, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Automatic Update, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, PC

No fix yet for zero-day flaw in Word

December 7, 2006 Microsoft will have patches for Windows and Visual Studio on Tuesday, but apparently not for a Word flaw being used in cyberattacks. TAGS: Microsoft Visual Studio, cyberattack, flaw, development tool, Microsoft Word, fix, software company, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Word flaw hit with zero-day attack

September 5, 2006 "Extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to remote execution of code. TAGS: Microsoft Word 2000, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Word, Symantec Corp., trojan horse, attack, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Software shifts for Microsoft

January 4, 2008 As a new year begins, the titan of Redmond is tinkering away at applications from years gone by. TAGS: Redmond, MSN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office

February 7, 2007 StarOffice plug-in for Office 2003 translates Word and ODF Writer files; spreadsheet, presentation translators set for April. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Sun Microsystems Inc., StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office 2003, OpenOffice, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, XML, Microsoft Word, 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, general manager, Novell Inc., XML, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., document, format, Adobe PDF

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, specification, Microsoft Office 2007, project, Microsoft Corp., format, IBM Corp.

Microsoft releases 'critical' updates for new programs

May 8, 2007 This month's Patch Tuesday focuses on fixes for vulnerabilities in 2007 editions of Internet Explorer, Exchange and Office. TAGS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, vulnerability, Microsoft Office 2007, fix, flaw, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Update, DNS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows, e-mail

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, agency, Minnesota, Massachusetts, bill, spreadsheet, standard, presentation, document, Microsoft Office, XML, state, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

This week in Microsoft

June 3, 2005 Microsoft announces tweaks to its software, one of which is drawing intense criticism from some Windows users. TAGS: criticism, Office 12, antitrust, XML, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint, worker, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft bends on OpenDocument

July 6, 2006 The software giant will sponsor an open-source project to create a converter between Open Office XML and OpenDocument file formats. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, XML, interoperability, Microsoft Office 2007, project, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, general manager, open source, Massachusetts, France, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, IBM Corp.