An XML file contains a list of data objects you use on a Web page or to transfer data from one database system to another. To open the XML file, you can use a third-party custom application for XML ...

The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming ...

Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format for Office Applications ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the file ...

Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML file format from the Ecma International standards body Thursday, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma's vote could also make ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML file format won approval from the Ecma International standards body yesterday, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma’s vote ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Service Pack 2 included tons of welcome speed improvements and bug fixes. However, things may not be all smooth sailing, as the Mac Business Unit has discovered that the ...

A final vote on a multi-year attempt to standardize the Open XML file formats ends this weekend. After all the debate, is the standards process stronger or weaker? Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...