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Microsoft's document format moves up a step

April 3, 2007 ISO expects to vote on whether to approve Office Open XML as a standard by September, according to Ecma International. TAGS: standardization, ECMA, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft starts testing Office 2008 for Mac

March 30, 2007 The new version, due out later this year, is the first to run natively on Intel-based Macs and also supports new XML-based file formats. TAGS: Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh, XML, Microsoft Corp., Intel

Office 2007 gets official mobile compatibility

December 1, 2007 Office Mobile on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 phones can now handle Microsoft's controversial Office Open XML format. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Mobile, XML, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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., Adobe Acrobat, format, support, document, 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.

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, standard, productivity suite, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, document, Microsoft Corp.

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.

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

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 Corp., Microsoft Word, blog, open source

Experts say Microsoft's XML play won't backfire

June 6, 2005 XML-based file formats for Office may make it easier for customers to choose rival software, but analysts don't see an exodus just yet. TAGS: XML, exodus, office product, Microsoft Office, software company, 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, policy, state, document, Microsoft Corp., information technology

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.

Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF

June 2, 2006 Breakdown in talks over the use of Adobe's PDF in Office leaves Microsoft bracing for an antitrust battle in Europe. TAGS: antitrust, Microsoft Office 2007, regulator, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., XML, Microsoft Office, concern, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, software company, Europe, printing, CEO, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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, XML, Microsoft Office, format, document, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's Office bucks for a promotion

February 4, 2005 Most corporate workers already spend their days using Office. The company's goal now is to get more servers to follow suit. TAGS: Microsoft Office, business process, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office 2003, XML, word-processing, Microsoft Corp., worker, server, developer, conference

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., SVG, documentation, OpenOffice.org, XML, Microsoft Office, format, analysis, 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, migration, StarOffice, approval, Microsoft Office, document, format, Microsoft Corp.

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, Microsoft Office 2007, project, OpenOffice, general manager, Massachusetts, open source, France, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, IBM 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, standards, XML, standard, Governor, agency, format, Microsoft Corp., decision, information technology

Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push

January 29, 2008 With critical ISO vote on ratification of Office Open XML looming, company maintains it has users' best interests at heart. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, XML, Microsoft Office, standard, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Corp., document