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 ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft released a beta version of its Office Open XML converter program, which allows Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac and Microsoft Office v.X users to be able to open Office XML and Word ...

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

Over the weekend I read Kurt Mackie's story about Microsoft finally supporting the Open XML file format with Office 2013, and I scratched my increasing gray haired head. Didn't Microsoft already do ...

Late last week, the Microsoft MacBU issued an update to the Office Open XML Converter 0.1.1, which converts Office Open XML files (used by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming Office 2008 for ...

Microsoft Corp. is enlisting Linux distributor TurboLinux Inc. to help tailor work being done to translate documents between Open XML and ODF file formats for Japanese and Chinese users. TurboLinux ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

Is Microsoft’s Open XML document standard “so complex and so geared towards compatibility with legacy Office compatibility that it could never be implemented as a fully functional file format by any ...

When Microsoft released Office 2007, it eliminated its decade-old file format and adopted a new, XML-based format as the default format for Office documents. Although some time has passed since the ...