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Formats
Talkback What formats are on the acceptable list, that can contain the object types necessary to get the job done? Would, to take a random example, the default formats for Open Office be acceptable? Not a challenge, I don't actually know.
[March 6, 2009, 22:17]
Office 2007 file formats not yet accessible to all
News Microsoft has pledged to make its new Office 2007 file formats accessible within the company's other products, but the timeline for that support varies widely. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Windows Mobile unit said in an email on Tuesday that its PocketPC...
[December 6, 2006, 8:54]
Preview Formats, Fonts, and Styles Before You Apply Them
White Papers When the user finishes previewing formats and styles, move the pointer over the format or style that one likes, and then click to apply it. The user can quickly see how formatting options like fonts and Quick Styles will look in place before the...
[April 11, 2008, 1:02]
Creating Effective Conditional Formats Using Excel 2007
White Papers The presenter of this webcast shows how to create effective conditional formats using the new capabilities in Microsoft Office Excel 2007. The attendee will learn tips and tricks for summarizing the data, discovering Business Intelligence (BI), and...
[June 2, 2009, 1:18]
Software Developer Safeguards Customers Against Data Loss With Open XML Formats
White Papers MS Technology responded to customer demands for a platform-independent document format by supporting Open XML Formats in its document viewers. With Open XML, the company is providing its customers with better handling of corrupted files, reduced...
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
Of course ODF isn't backwards compatible with old Microsoft formats?!
Talkback Are the binary Microsoft formats even documented? Besides, not even today's MS Office is backwards compatible with all the old Office formats so that's hardly a new issue. Basically, you leave the job of converting old documents to new formats to...
[February 28, 2008, 8:18]
xDoc Automatically Transforms Legacy Content Via XML Into a Variety of Formats
White Papers What if the software could automatically ingest legacy Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, HTML, DITA, and other semi-structured content, transform it into XML format- and output it in as many formats as a user wishes?
[April 25, 2009, 1:23]
Open and Save Files in Formats Supported by Word
White Papers Word can directly open and save documents in some file formats. For documents in other formats, Word uses file format converters for opening and saving. A file format defines the way that information is stored in a file, so that a specific program...
[April 16, 2008, 1:02]
Music debate, not about formats anymore
News BMG Entertainment -- home of Whitney Houston and TLC -- believes the emerging formats will have to live together. One music industry insider predicts the clamour over formats will become irrelevant as the market becomes saturated with devices like...
[April 29, 1999, 6:06]
Formats
Talkback It is the teacher on the ground in conjucntion with the school that in effect 'specifys' the formats.ie the ones they are used to.so you can guess the rest :) Object types are not specified in ICT syllabuses.
[March 7, 2009, 8:17]
CES: DVD formats face off
News The two groups striving to make their respective formats the standard for rewritable DVDs used this week's Consumer Electronics Show as an opportunity to demonstrate their progress. At the Recordable DVD Council event Wednesday, various members...
[January 11, 2002, 8:31]
LG drive writes to all DVD formats
News As the debate continues over which DVD rewritable format is best, LG has launched what it claims to be the first drive to support all three formats: DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. The key to the struggle between the formats, said O'Donovan, will be...
[August 8, 2003, 16:45]
File Formats - MS v OpenOffice
Talkback For older versions of MS formats Microsoft made the National Archives (UK) use Vista running Windows Virtual PC running Windows 3.11 running Office 95 (which all require licences per machine). After blocking older file formats in Office 2003, they...
[January 29, 2008, 17:13]
Office 2003 update blocks older file formats
News Office 2003 Service Pack 3, which was made available in September, blocks a lengthy list of word-processing file formats, including Word 6.0 and Word 97 for Windows and Word 2004 for Macintosh. The older file formats that are now blocked are in...
[January 3, 2008, 12:18]
Office 2003 keeps a lock on XML file formats
News A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers will not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services and an opportunity to unlock...
[April 14, 2003, 10:16]
DVD formats at a glance
News DVD RAM The second version of DVD-RAM, which has been ratified by the DVD Forum, has a capacity of 4.7Gbytes. This format, supported by Panasonic, is at a disadvantage as double sided discs come in sealed cartridges.
[November 29, 1999, 16:28]
Windows to embrace multiple DVD formats
News Microsoft is expanding its involvement in the rewritable DVD market, announcing on Thursday that future versions of Windows will support all major formats. At the very least, the support for the formats in Windows will mean that people won't have...
[May 9, 2003, 15:58]
Music formats head down proprietary lines
Talkback Where theirs a will there’s a way! Piracy is unstoppable even if Sony and apple develop new technology to fight back, the ever-resourceful pirate will decode it. The market is too lucrative now, theirs more pirates than HMV stores!
[July 23, 2004, 16:23]
Why convert back into office formats?
Talkback After all in another few years MS will probably drop these formats too. With reference to Groklaw legal/technology blog recommendation, after converting into openoffice I really can't see the point in converting back into an MS format.
[January 4, 2008, 10:34]
