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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]
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]
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 opens up Office 2003 XML
News Microsoft on Monday said it will license the XML-based file formats used in the latest edition of its Office applications on a royalty-free basis. Building XML data-labelling technology into its Office applications is a critical underpinning for...
[November 17, 2003, 16:20]
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]
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 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]
Cabinet Office relinquishes XML responsibility
News The Cabinet Office e-Government Unit (eGU) announced on 23 March, 2005 that it would hand over the management of the XML schemas to the Local e-Government Standards Body (e-SB) on 1 April, 2005. As part of the process local government XML schemas...
[March 24, 2005, 16:45]
Office 12 to 'bring XML to the masses'
Talkback StarOffice and OOo have had XML + zip formats for years. Yes, it is possible to make XML formats that are unreadable by competitors. Hence all the XML patents MS has been seeking. However, the whole press release makes me wonder, "Why wait for MS...
[June 2, 2005, 12:47]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
Talkback 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. How open will it be? Probably okay, at the start, but naturally would change.
[December 5, 2005, 12:58]
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 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. As is the case with, per example: "Microsoft Kerberos", "Microsoft TCP/IP", "Microsoft IPX", "Microsoft...
[September 5, 2005, 21:27]
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]
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 1, 2008, 1:02]
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 27, 2009, 1:18]
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 2003 keeps a lock on XML file formats
News For more than a year, Microsoft has touted Office 2003's support for XML, a highly anticipated new feature of the productivity suite. Microsoft's limits on XML support means that customers looking for true portability of their data will have to buy...
[April 14, 2003, 10:16]
Final deadline looms in OOXML vote
News Lobbying has intensified ahead of Saturday, 29 March, the deadline for Microsoft to convince the world that its Office Open XML specification should be accepted as a formal standard. The specification is still short of the two-thirds majority...
[March 26, 2008, 14:28]
