eWeek

Office Open XML File Format Spec Draft Published

eSpeaks' Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
ZDNet

Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress

Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun. Earlier this month ...
Government Technology

Microsoft to Base Next Office Documents on XML

Microsoft Corp. announced that it is adopting industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology for the default file formats in the next version of Microsoft Office editions, currently ...
eWeek

Office Open XML Down but Not Out

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft may have lost the battle to have its Office Open ...
Computerworld

Microsoft moves to XML format in Office 12

A new XML-based file format will become the default in Office 12, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday, as it prepares to discuss plans for its Office update at next week’s TechEd developer conference.
Ars Technica

Office 12 to use XML for file formats

According to Microsoft, the upcoming version of Office (Office 12, for now) will make use of XML as the default file formats for the big three apps: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. While full details on ...
Zawya

Ecma Office Open XML Document Format Wins Approval as an ISO/IEC Standard

Amman, April 14 th, 2008 - After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical ...
Computerworld

Ecma’s approval sets stage for Open XML to compete, co-exist with ODF

Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML file format won approval from the Ecma International standards body yesterday, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma’s vote ...
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Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...
CNET

Microsoft Office Open XML File Converter 0.2 released: Better Word conversion

The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming ...
PC Magazine

Office file formats

Starting with Office 2007, Microsoft switched to Office Open XML (OOXML) as the default file formats for its applications. However, the legacy .doc (Word), .xls (Excel) and .ppt (PowerPoint) file ...