Microsoft adding XML files to Office 12 XML-based file formats in the offing for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications are expected to free up data and improve security.

The recently announced XML-based file formats for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint -- formats that Microsoft has claimed to be "open" -- are getting some heat for not only pushing the boundaries on the ...

The new file formats, called Microsoft Office Open XML Formats, will become the defaults for the “Office 12” versions of Microsoft Office Word, Excel® and PowerPoint®, which are expected to be ...

There has been a flurry of recent activity in the battle between Office Open XML (OO-XML) and the OpenDocument Format (ODF) that could be swinging the tide in the latter's global favor. The two ...

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 Open XML SDK has been available since 2007, and "provides developers with a set of strongly typed classes that make it easy to read, write and manipulate the parts and content in an Open XML ...

Microsoft has posted a message to its Mactopia site making two announcements: the Open XML File Format Converter Update to Office 2004 for Mac will be delayed until June (the second major delay ...

In the middle part of this decade, Microsoft engaged in an extensive effort to create open standards derived from its own XML-based file formats, such as XPS and Office XML. This work was widely ...

Redmond claims its decisions to open its XML schemas, while seeking patents for elements of its XML implementations, are not as contradictory as they appear.

BANGALORE: Microsoft is playing the open standards card with its new Office 2003. Microsoft’s latest Office suite offers support for XML, which is fast emerging as the de facto standard for of ...