Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for ...

Microsoft announced this week that its next version of Office will have increased file format support, including the support promised years ago with the Open XML standard. The announcement was made by ...

An XML-based file format developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML is the default document format for saving applications. See Office file ...

Forget Super Tuesday. Consider Super Friday. Super Friday is February 29, the end of the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting which will decide the fate of Open XML as an ISO standard. Opponents say ...

Microsoft has open sourced its Open XML SDK, which will be welcome news for Office developers. The announcement was made by Doug Mahugh on the Microsoft Open Technologies Web site. He blogged that the ...

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Microsoft and Novell have announced that Novell will be providing support for the Office Open XML format—the default file format for Microsoft Office 2007—in its Novell-branded version of the ...

European standards body Ecma International Thursday published the first draft of the Office Open XML specification online, as Microsoft Corp.’s file format for office documents continues the required ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft Office standards chief Jim Thatcher quietly announced that Microsoft would add ”two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. … [and] ...

Microsoft Corp.'s Open XML file format cleared a small hurdle Wednesday, after documents released by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) showed fewer countries harboring strong ...

Final vote appears overwhelmingly in favor; input from 87 national bodies contributed to an improved specification. Dubai, UAE - April 6, 2008 -- After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint ...

Microsoft Corp. failed in its attempt to win fast-track ISO standard status for its Office Open XML document format, getting a majority of the votes that were cast but not enough to meet the ...