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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, Microsoft Office 2007, interoperability, commission, Microsoft Office, announcement, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, XML, support, document, Adobe PDF

Adobe buys XML software maker

November 10, 2003 The publishing software giant acquires Yellow Dragon Software, a privately held maker of XML software for messaging and managing metadata. TAGS: XML, Adobe Systems Inc., metadata, Adobe PDF, server software, messaging, software company, server, 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: Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe Systems Inc., antitrust, Adobe PDF, regulator, Microsoft Office, XML, concern, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Europe, printing, software company, CEO, operating system, Microsoft Windows

OpenOffice update finalized

October 1, 2003 The group behind the open-source rival to Microsoft's Office releases the first major update of its software, OpenOffice 1.1. TAGS: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office 2003, open source, Microsoft Office, XML, Sun Solaris, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., document, Linux, operating system, PC

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

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, state, XML, OpenOffice, standards, agency, open source, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., document, Microsoft Office, format, IBM Corp.

Adobe adds bar codes to PDF forms

March 8, 2004 Adobe Systems expands on its efforts to promote PDF as a format for electronic forms with new technology for adding bar codes. Early adopters include the IRS. TAGS: bar code, OCR, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, form, Adobe Acrobat Reader, tax, Adobe Acrobat, XML, server, Microsoft Corp., database

Adobe server adds smarts to PDFs

September 5, 2005 Targeting business customers, Adobe improves workflow tools in its LiveCycle forms-processing server line. TAGS: Adobe LiveCycle, workflow software, Adobe Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, server, XML, document, software company, Microsoft Corp.

E-forms standard finalized

October 14, 2003 The main standards body for the Web finishes work on XForms, an XML standard that will compete in the growing market for electronic forms. TAGS: Microsoft InfoPath, computing giant, XML, StarOffice, form, Adobe Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., HTML, vice president, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.
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