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Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
Talkback Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress, Yes, and it will.
[December 5, 2005, 0:46]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
News Earlier this month, Microsoft said it would be submitting its Open XML document format, which will be the default file format in the next version of its Office suite, to standards body ECMA. The governor's office of Massachusetts earlier this week...
[December 2, 2005, 15:20]
Office Open XML Overview
White Papers Office Open XML is an open standard (ISO/IEC 29500, ECMA-376 Edition 2) for word-processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets that can be freely implemented by multiple applications on multiple platforms.
[May 14, 2009, 1:17]
Office Open XML is the default format of MS Office 2007
Talkback Check the xml files in the OOXML package file (.docx, .xlsx or pptx) and verify them against the official Ecma open standard. Make a new file in MS Office 2007 This is easily verifiable. Put in it everything you like and save in the default format
[February 28, 2008, 19:15]
Microsoft Office Open XML gets US knockback
News On Friday, Office Open XML (OOXML) failed to gain approval in a vote by a sub-group of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), a standards body influential with the US government.
[July 17, 2007, 18:39]
Brazil says 'no' to Office Open XML
News The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting a 'No' vote. Microsoft is pushing for the Office Open XML (OOXML) document standard to be fast tracked for ISO accreditation.
[August 24, 2007, 16:35]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
Talkback The main question is still: would citizens be able to interact with government documents without having to pay the Redmond tax with no loss of functionality and presentation in comparison to others or having to agree to some EULA they don't agree...
[December 2, 2005, 22:14]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
Talkback How open will it be? It would be a natural move for M$ to do everything in its power to stop ODF. M$ wants to be the only player in the game and make sure that eveyone HAS to use their product. Probably okay, at the start, but naturally would change.
[December 5, 2005, 12:58]
Using Excel Services and Open XML to Create Custom Office Business Applications
White Papers With the Office System 2007, MSIT and the business users found a flexible and agile environment to meet both business and IT requirements. Microsoft needed to expand and upgrade the business intelligence application that executives and analysts...
[December 2, 2008, 23:00]
Advanced Tips and Tricks: Customizing the Ribbon Using Office Open XML (Level 300)
White Papers The presenter of this webcast shows the basics of Ribbon customization, including how to create one's own custom tab, add commands to a built-in tab, and add one's own Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros to the Ribbon.
[May 27, 2009, 1:18]
TechNet Webcast Express: Working With Office Open XML File Format: Microsoft Office Excel (Level 100)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn more about the benefits of open XML format. This includes creating an Excel spreadsheet and using the Excel XML container.
[March 28, 2008, 0:02]
Advanced Tips and Tricks: Customizing the Ribbon Using Office Open XML (Level 300)
White Papers The presenter of this webcast shows the basics of Ribbon customization, including how to create one's own custom tab, add commands to a built-in tab, and add one's own Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros to the Ribbon.
[May 1, 2008, 1:02]
TechNet Webcast Express: Working With Office Open XML File Format: Microsoft Office Word (Level 100)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn more about the benefits of open XML format. This includes creating a new file in Word and using the Word XML container.
[March 28, 2008, 0:02]
Advanced Tips and Tricks: Breaking Into Your Office Open XML Format Documents (Level 300)
White Papers The presenter of this webcast provides a guided tour through the XML behind the documents, along with an introduction to how one can edit the XML directly to get more from the documents than ever before.
[May 1, 2008, 1:02]
Office 12 to 'bring XML to the masses'
Talkback Since few companies use the extra features that Microsoft have introduced since Word 97, then there is the good possibility that more companies with question why they should upgrade to the latest version of Office.
[September 3, 2005, 23:30]
Office 12 to 'bring XML to the masses'
Talkback I am confused, I thought this week's news was that MS had been granted (improper) patents on XML which is referred to in the article as an open standard, as it should be.
[June 2, 2005, 12:20]
Office 12 to 'bring XML to the masses'
Talkback The trick is to understand that when Microsoft speaks about "XML" they mean to say: "Microsoft XML". Microsoft XML" comes with strings attached. It's not about open communication. As is the case with, per example: "Microsoft Kerberos", "Microsoft...
[September 5, 2005, 21:27]
Microsoft may open Office door
News Microsoft already offers a program to license the underlying Extensible Markup Language (XML) file formats in Office. Microsoft is considering an expansion of a programme that would allow companies to see the source code underlying its Office...
[January 19, 2004, 10:00]
Microsoft publishes Office specs in OOXML push
News Software giant Microsoft has published Office file format binaries as part of its bid for International Organization for Standardization accreditation for Office Open XML, an office document format. The Word, Excel and PowerPoint file format...
[February 18, 2008, 14:04]
Australian apathy results in OOXML 'abstain' vote
News Standards Australia has returned an "abstain" vote on the proposal to adopt the Office Open XML format standard as an international standard. JTC1 is the name given to the ballot administered by the International Organization for Standardization...
[September 3, 2007, 9:18]
