Text in Office 2003 files stored in XML format might be viewable in other desktop programs, but all document formatting would be lost and most other files would be unreadable. When you are using Word in Office XP or the Standard version of Office...
The new software includes specialised extensions, such as tools for creating legal documents that used to be sold separately, plus integrated support for publishing documents in Adobe Systems' widespread portable document format (PDF).
Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining ground, particularly among governments. The software, developed by a France-based Microsoft...
Microsoft later this month plans to release a converter that will let Word users open documents saved in the OpenDocument format. By the end of the year, the open source project building the converters will move past simply opening documents and...
Once installed, a person can open and save documents in the ODF format from Word. Microsoft started the project at SourceForge last year, relying on three partners to develop the code that lets a user open and save word-processor documents in two...
According to the South African government, some of the criteria for a standard to be considered open are that it should be maintained by a non-commercial organisation, that it must be possible for anyone to copy, distribute and use free of charge...
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