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- Defining the standards: Should Microsoft OOXML be an ISO standard?
- In the last week of February, 100 delegates from 32 countries met to discuss how to improve the OOXML specification to bring it to the level required for validation by the International Organization for Standardization ISO. Microsoft and its backer, ECMA, have until March 29 to make the changes required...
- Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, OpenDocument Format, Standards, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Should Microsoft open source old file formats?
- NLet Foundation, a dutch not-for-profit organization, has called for the opening up of older file formats from Microsoft. An excerpt from iTWire: Michiel Leenaars, strategy manager at NLnet Foundation and the longest sitting member of the Netherlands national standards body committee responsible for both ODF and...
- Tags: Open Source, Format, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Norway mandates open formats; the beginning of the end for Office?
- In a move to ensure equal access to public information for Norwegian citizens, the government has decided to make the freely accessible document standards HTML, PDF, and ODF obligatory.The recent press release stated, "Everybody should have equal access to public information. From 2009 on, Norwegian citizens will be able to...
- Tags: Format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2007-12-22
- An overview of the IBM productivity tools
- Creating documents that support the OpenDocument Format allows organizations to access, use and maintain their documents without concern about end of life uncertainties or ongoing software licensing and royalty fees. This paper looks at IBM's ODF-based productivity tools, a set of applications for creating, editing, and sharing...
- Tags: Word-processing, OpenDocument Format, Tool, IBM Corp., OpenDocument Format (ODF), Productivity, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2007-06-01
- StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview (0-bin-windows-en-US)
- The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview is a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save import to the OpenDocument Format ODF. This initial plug-in application will support the conversion of text documents (.doc/.odt) only and full support of spreadsheet and...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Plug-in, Converter, StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Word Processors, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-02-27
- OpenXML Translator
- Open XML Translator provides tools to build a technical bridge between the Open XML Formats and Open Document FormatODF. As the first component of this initiative, the ODF Add-in for Microsoft Word 2007 allows to Open & Save ODF documents in Word.
- Tags: OpenDocument Format, Open XML Translator, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2007-02-06
- OOXML or OOPS? Microsoft blunders in its open document specification
- Should Microsoft's blooper collection me enacted into an ISO spec?A cup, an ounce, an inch, a week, a month, all have different definitions in different nations; even metric measurements differ across boundaries. Should a 'standard' which does not allow for these differences be made an ISO standard?a standard...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, johnbartley, OpenDocument Format, ISO, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- SpotInside (zip)
- SpotInside searches txt, rtd, rtfd, doc, PDF, and OpenDocument format files and shows preview their contents with keywords highlighted. Version 0.2.8 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
- Tags: OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2006-10-10
- Does the OpenDocument religion make sense?
- why mess with MSOfficeWhy even mess with MS Office's formats when we now have something better. Yes, it takes a few more processing cycles to use a better, more consistent, less error-prone file format. Cutting corners may have made Microsoft a great deal of money in the past 20...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), bblackmoor@..., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- Open Document Format ... is anyone else yawning about this?
- I recently read about Ray Ozzie giving his take on Open Document Format, and I can't help but think, "Is ODF the most over-hyped thing in technology right now (next to Google and the iPod, of course)?" There are tons of open document formats out there ... XML, HTML, heck even...
- Tags: Word-processing, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2005-10-27
- Microsoft Word gets ODF support
- Users of Microsoft’s Word 2003 are now able to read, edit and save files in ODF format OpenDocument. The OpenDocument format is based on XML but can also take the form of a compressed archive which in turn contains files graphics, directories and other useful data. Despite the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Open Source, OpenDocument Format, Openoffice
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Microsoft Word gets ODF support
- OpenDoc doesn't support the full suite of features needed for MS Officehttp://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1644This is an excellent writeup on the issue.
- Tags: george_ou@..., windows, software, networking, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota
- How ridiculousThis is Microsoft bashing at its worst. How ridiculous this is, and what will it cost the taxpayers of those states to comply. All politicians in this country need to remember that we have a representative form of government, and that politics was never meant as a...
- Tags: ksconsult@..., feedback, OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- Word support for Open standards?
- I was reading about the deal between Novell and Microsoft see my other post and it was mentioned in a FAQ that Word will support an "open" standard notable OXML. I thought XML was already on open standard? Who created OXML was it Microsoft? Why was a
- Tags: linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, open standard, open standards, OpenDocument Format, ProfTheory, software, windows, XML
- Discussion threads 2006-11-11
- Microsoft bends on OpenDocument
- Is Microsoft opening up?Backers say OpenDocument could help technology companies loosen Microsoft's grip on desktop software and give state governments an "open" alternative to Office. Is Microsoft opening up to open source?ODF limited?obviously Microsoft doesn't understand xml with comments like that.eXtensible Markup Language is meant for a base specification to...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., microsoft, open source, CNET Editor, programming, Microsoft Office, XML, OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2006-07-06
- tilt the balance of power?
- [b]Supporters of the state's plan to go with OpenDocument, rather than a Microsoft format, have hailed it as a landmark move that will tilt the balance of power to customers and away from vendors.[/b]They are wrong in that interpretation, since the consumer is the one with the power, if they...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., openxml, microsoft, government, red tape, bureaucracy, odf, open standards, apotheon, it management, OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
- Office standards battle grinds on
- Office standards battle grinds onarticle rootOffice standards battle grinds onStandards body Ecma International has created a technical committee to standardize Microsoft Office file formats. The Microsoft-led committee is a key defense against a multivendor power play to use document standards to loosen Microsoft's control over desktop software.Be honest: Where does...
- Tags: hardware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Standard, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2005-12-13
- Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow
- whatever......like a few hundred milliseconds is going to wreck my "customer experience". I expect opendocument implementations to steadily improve efficiency as the technology continues to be refined, anyway. A small price to pay for the security and peace of mind that comes from an open standard not controlled by a...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open XML, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- Microsoft Office to get a dose of OpenDocument
- A Great IdeaI think Microsoft is arrogant and shortsighted to not support the OpenDocument format in addition to their own proprietary formats. Maybe they think supporting it means people will think they are accepting OpenDocument as a real competitor and threat. Maybe they think supporting it will just encourage more...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, openoffice.org, office, opendocument, staroffice, odf, robert.nargang@..., hardware, rnargang, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-05-08
- Interesting article on new ODF plugin for Word
- Microsoft wouldn't do it, so someone did it for them. Check it out here:
- Tags: Microsoft Word, OpenDocument Format
- Blog posts 2006-05-09
