Using XML and Zip is not a unique approach, however, given that open-source Office competitor OpenOffice (sponsored by Sun) has been using an XML-based file format and Zip compression to store ...

With new Open Office support for Microsoft's XML, such moves may leave a place for Microsoft in state offices.

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.

The Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.1b can convert .docx and .docm documents (the latter are Word macro-enabled documents) into RTF format, which can be opened in Word 2004 ...

Sun Microsystems is contributing the XML file format specification utilized in the OpenOffice.org 1.0 project to a new technical committee recently formed by the OASIS standards body. The new ...

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for ...

The company's bid--started in 2005--to make the Open XML file formats international standards has succeeded, barring any last-minute changes. The ISO (International Organization for ...

Because Open XML File Format Converter is based on Office 2008 code, the latest version (1.1) won't be able to open a problem file either, though if you have an earlier version it should let you ...

Learn More The first draft of the Office Open XML file format specification, which Microsoft submitted to standards body Ecma International in November 2005, has been published.

Burton Group, in a report that it said wasn't commissioned or funded by Microsoft, recommends that users adopt Microsoft's Open XML file format instead of the rival ODF one.