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 ...

Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year. Company ...

According to Microsoft employee and blogger Brian Jones, the company's new default file format for all its Office applications, Office XML, has taken the penultimate step towards being approved by the ...

According to Microsoft, the upcoming version of Office (Office 12, for now) will make use of XML as the default file formats for the big three apps: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. While full details on ...

This year’s upcoming debut of Microsoft Office 11 will mark the start of a long process of education and adaptation. Our previous look at the Office 11 beta (see “XML for the rest of us”) painted the ...

More specifically, the Geneva-based organization formed a Technical Committee to produce a formal standard of the work that is compatible with Office Open XML formats. That committee will take on ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Microsoft Corp. has failed in a first step to win enough support to make the data format behind its flagship Office software a global standard, the International Standards ...

In my coverage of primary Office 12 apps defaulting to XML file formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) I didn't have the scoop on Mac Office 12. Here's what's happening according to Rick Schaut, who should ...

Microsoft Corp. said Monday it will license for free its Microsoft Office 2003 XML (Extensible Markup Language) schemas, a move that will help outside developers enable other programs to trade data ...

A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support ...

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