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Office Open XML: Officially standard
It was a long and arduous road but despite numerous objections, Read more...
Microsoft's OOXML standardized
Though the official word has yet to cross the wires, ZDnet is reporting that Microsoft's OOXML (Open Office XML)... Read more...
Microsoft pledges interoperability again
The name "Microsoft" and the word "interoperability" generally go together like pigs and wings. Despite this fact, the company has just announced a new interoperability initiative, whereby it will... Read more...
MS Office translator now available for OpenOffice
Novell has released a downloadable translator for OpenOffice that allows OpenOffice users to open and save documents in the Microsoft Office Open XML file format. You'll recall that
Microsoft slams IBM, Open Document Format
In the battle for desktop supremacy, there can only be one victor. That's why, despite the fact that they both aim to bring interoperability to desktop productivity software, IBM's Open Document Format and Microsoft's Office Open XML …
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Microsoft Open XML/ODF translator now available
If you've been losing sleep over the compatibility issues that Microsoft's Open XML and the competing Open Document Format will introduce to your business, worry no more. A couple of international developers, funded by Microsoft, have completed work on version 1.0 of a translator to convert between the two formats. The translator will allow for the conversion of Microsoft Word documents from the Open XML format into the ODF format and vice versa …
... Read more...Office 2008 for OS X: All style, no substance?
There's plenty of reasons why Mac users will have to upgrade to Office 2008, whether they want to or not. It's the first version of Office that will be offered as a Universal Binary (i.e. it will run natively on Intel processors without the need for software emulation) and will also bring support for the new Office Open XML file format to the Mac faithful. But what else has changed? The folks over at eWeek took a look and found an almost distractingly flashy UI, with something …
... Read more...The battle for an open document standard
There's been a lot of talk about Microsoft's Office Open XML format and the competing Open Document Format (ODF) recently. Some favor ODF, some favor Open XML and some wonder if we …
... Read more...Microsoft working on Office 2007 plug-in for Mac
When Office 2007 was released at the end of last month, most folks reacted with either excitement, apathy or a mix of the two (if such a thing as "excited apathy" even exists). There is one group of Office users, however, for whom the launch was a reason for concern: users of Office 2004 for the Mac. You see, the newest iteration of Office isn't slated to hit the Mac for another six to …
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