Office Open XML (OOXML) is a technical specification that describes the inner workings of how to read and create Microsoft Office documents.

Office 2013 will, after years, finally fully support Open Document Format, Adobe's PDF, and, oh yes, Microsoft's own Open XML document standard.

This short tutorial describes how to set Notepad++ as default editor for .xml files. Simply register the extension in the app's preferences.

ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks' The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.

The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. The move came as an ISO committee ...

Beginning with Office 2007, Microsoft unveiled a new file format, called Open XML, which uses the .docx extensionbut isn't compatible with older versions of Office without some assistance. Here ...

Microsoft is trumpeting support for its Office Open XML document file format as an international standard from more than 300 companies and organizations on a new "community" Web site set up by the ...

A couple of weeks ago, ISO members voted to make Microsoft's Office Open XML format an official standard. The vote was not without its share of controversy, but it's a done deal and now the world ...

The Ecma International standards body has completed a 2,300-page document with responses to comments about its proposal to have Microsoft's Office Open XML file format accepted by ISO.

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 ...

Microsoft Corp.'s quest to have Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as a global technology standard seems to have recovered from a setback it suffered last week ...