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Portable Document Format (PDF) Security Analysis and Malware Threats
White Papers Adobe Portable Document Format has become the most widespread and used document description format throughout the world. It is also a true programming language of its own, strongly dedicated to document creation and manipulation which has...
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
Microsoft backs document-format test tool
News Geman research institute Fraunhofer Fokus and Microsoft on Monday announced plans to build an online tool that will help organisations validate their documents against internationally recognised document-format standards.
[May 18, 2009, 16:36]
ECMA approves Microsoft document format
News A vote to make Microsoft Office document formats an international standard was approved on Thursday, according to a Microsoft representative. At the general assembly of Ecma International in Zurich, Switzerland, Microsoft's Office Open XML — a set...
[December 8, 2006, 8:30]
Office document format adopted as an international standard
Talkback They should have greased enough palms, or made enough threats by now to get it passed.
[January 23, 2008, 12:39]
Adobe seeks formal standardisation for PDF
News Adobe Systems on Monday is expected to detail plans to submit its Portable Document Format specifications to the International Organization for Standardization, a body of particular importance to governments and large corporations.
[January 29, 2007, 7:59]
Adobe facing e-document competition
News Adobe Systems' portable document format, long a de facto Internet standard, is under fire from competitors looking to muscle in on the electronic document market. People are forced to endure long waits for PDF documents to load in Adobe's free...
[September 19, 2003, 15:35]
New Zealand OOXML rejection 'not final'
News New Zealand has rejected Microsoft's proposal to fast track its Office Open XML document format as an ISO standard, but it may change its vote if certain concerns are addressed. Grant Thomas, chief operating officer for Standards New Zealand, said...
[September 3, 2007, 8:54]
iSilo (Palm OS)
Downloads Support for new iSilo 4.x document format features such as content encoding information, inline menus, and vCard/vCalendar objects. iSilo is a document reader. Hyperlinks make it much easier to navigate through a document; images add visual...
[October 16, 2003, 18:12]
Report backs PDF variant for long-term archiving
News The UK's National Archives has welcomed a report that backs a variant of Adobe's portable document format standard as a reliable way of preserving documents for future use. Although the report addresses many rival document formats, including the...
[April 24, 2008, 17:22]
South African government adopts ODF
News The South African government said on Tuesday that it is to adopt Open Document Format as its preferred standard for software interoperability. Open Document Format (ODF) is a file format used for office documents such as as word processing...
[October 26, 2007, 13:54]
Exporting SAS/GRAPH Output to PDF Files From Release 8.2 and Higher
White Papers The Portable Document Format is a common format for storing text and graphics in a single document. This format supports high-resolutions and maintains the page layout when transmitted, viewed, and printed.
[May 31, 2008, 1:01]
Irritate the User into Upgrading
Talkback Do you really wonder why they don't warn about the incompatible document format? What percentage of ordinary users do you think will either never find out about the "free" document format converter, or will not have the confidence or ability to...
[November 28, 2008, 8:13]
iSiloX
Downloads iSiloX converts content to the iSilo document format for reading with iSilo. The iSilo format provides the advantages of HTML formatted text, hyperlinking, super small document sizes, and much more. Content can be located on the Web or in files on...
[October 16, 2003, 17:57]
Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility
News Microsoft on Wednesday announced several incremental enhancements to the compatibility of its Office Open XML document format. The object of the DII was to boost the interoperability between Office Open XML (OOXML) and rival XML-based document...
[December 3, 2008, 11:11]
Consortium launched to support OpenDocument
News The Open Document Format for Office Applications, or OpenDocument, was developed by standards body OASIS. The Open Document Fellowship was launched on Monday to add momentum to what appears to be a growing movement to support the open standard for...
[October 10, 2005, 17:50]
Pdf+ (for Series 80 Smartphones and Communicators)
Downloads Pdf+ (for Series 80 Smartphones and Communicators) is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. There is no need to convert a PDF document with your PC to a proprietary format, saving you much time, money and hassle.
[August 1, 2006, 8:00]
OpenOffice.org dismisses pro-OOXML report
News OpenOffice.org has dismissed an analyst report from Burton Group which claims that Microsoft's Office Open XML document format is preferable to the OpenDocument Format. The two most prominent examples of XML-based document standards are the...
[January 17, 2008, 11:28]
Not really...
Talkback ODF is a document format, by no stretch of the imagination does it "provide backward compatibility" as implied by the Microsoft representative. Organizations, particularly governmental ones, should standardize on published document formats for...
[January 29, 2008, 16:21]
ISO Credibility
Talkback IMHO, ISO has been terribly damaged by this document format war. The document wars are just the tip of the iceberg. Think about why it is that both Ecma and OASIS sought to have their format proposals approved by ISO?
[March 3, 2008, 18:13]
Microsoft Office Open XML gets US knockback
News An open office document format developed by Microsoft has received a major setback in achieving a certification which would make it more widely accepted as a true technology standard. On Friday July 13th, INCITS V1 met via teleconference for three...
[July 17, 2007, 18:39]
