Office 12, and XML news on CNET

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, Microsoft PowerPoint, XML file, worker, Microsoft Excel, format, document, business software, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

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.

November 4, 2004 Looking to give customers a reason to upgrade to Office 12, Microsoft will further tighten ties between its desktop and server software. TAGS: Office 12, Microsoft Office, server software, tie, Microsoft Office 2003, desktop software, XML, server, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

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

May 16, 2005 Microsoft is putting more emphasis on helping workers collaborate in the next version of the productivity software, an exec says. TAGS: Office 12, Microsoft Office, IP telephony, IM, telephony, worker, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, XML, server

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

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

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

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, Microsoft Office, vendor, desktop software, agency, Massachusetts, XML, standard, interest, IBM Corp., technology company, format, Microsoft Corp.

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