items tagged with OOXML
A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-09 01:37:28
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on the willingness to negotiate and achieve a compromise.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-11-09 01:37:28
The European Journal of ePractice has just published a research report showing that the achievement of wide-scale implementation depends not only on the openness of the process, but also on the willingness to negotiate and achieve a compromise.
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Microsoft delivers Open XML updates for Mac Office but no ODF support
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-24 21:36:51
The introduction of Office 2007 brought a wave of document compatibility issues for users of Office 2004, but Microsoft has at last delivered a non-beta version of its Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. And while ODF support has been promised for Office 2007 SP2, there's no sign of it for Office 2008.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-24 21:36:51
The introduction of Office 2007 brought a wave of document compatibility issues for users of Office 2004, but Microsoft has at last delivered a non-beta version of its Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. And while ODF support has been promised for Office 2007 SP2, there's no sign of it for Office 2008.
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Corel’s new WordPerfect Office X4: PDF capabilities galore and "only" $99
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-23 22:50:55
So, Corel has launched its latest version of WordPerfect Office. What have they done to make it better than Office 2007, better than the free Open Office, and better than web apps like Google Docs? Turns out there’s some key new features which are very attractive - but are they enough to make you switch – or even take notice?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-23 22:50:55
So, Corel has launched its latest version of WordPerfect Office. What have they done to make it better than Office 2007, better than the free Open Office, and better than web apps like Google Docs? Turns out there’s some key new features which are very attractive - but are they enough to make you switch – or even take notice?
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EU “notes” Microsoft’s decision to support ODF in Office 2007
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 22:17:40
Microsoft is planning on releasing SP2 in 2009, with support to save documents in ODF format as standard, in the name of ‘interoperability’, while adding PDF and XPS save/export compatibility without requiring any add-on software. The EU’s Commission has ‘taken note’ and welcomed the decision, while promising to investigate it further. What does this mean?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-22 22:17:40
Microsoft is planning on releasing SP2 in 2009, with support to save documents in ODF format as standard, in the name of ‘interoperability’, while adding PDF and XPS save/export compatibility without requiring any add-on software. The EU’s Commission has ‘taken note’ and welcomed the decision, while promising to investigate it further. What does this mean?
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Uh-oh... Microsoft Office 2007 not OK with OOXML
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 04:54:59
A test of Office 2007’s compatibility in outputting OOXML compliant documents has shown that Microsoft’s latest Office suite generates files with errors, failing the test. But is this really a surprise?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 04:54:59
A test of Office 2007’s compatibility in outputting OOXML compliant documents has shown that Microsoft’s latest Office suite generates files with errors, failing the test. But is this really a surprise?
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What the OOXML fiasco can teach us
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-04-02 19:33:40
The late Charles M. Schulz, the genius behind Peanuts, could make a much more telling comment on human foibles through one of his cartoon strips than many a writer can in 1000 words.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-04-02 19:33:40
The late Charles M. Schulz, the genius behind Peanuts, could make a much more telling comment on human foibles through one of his cartoon strips than many a writer can in 1000 words.
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OOXML passes with minimal approval
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-04-01 07:45:12
The Microsoft Office Open XML document format has been accepted as a standard by the International Standards Organisation with minimal approval.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-04-01 07:45:12
The Microsoft Office Open XML document format has been accepted as a standard by the International Standards Organisation with minimal approval.
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OOXML: decision time is nigh
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-03-27 10:42:22
In a few days the fate of Microsoft's Office Open XML will be known - whether it will be accepted as a second ISO standard for documents. Two years ago, the Open Document Format was ratified as a standard.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-03-27 10:42:22
In a few days the fate of Microsoft's Office Open XML will be known - whether it will be accepted as a second ISO standard for documents. Two years ago, the Open Document Format was ratified as a standard.
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Microsoft contributes to Apache POI project
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-03-25 16:01:30
Microsoft has announced that it will - with a European partner - contribute to an open-source project for reading and writing Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio files.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-03-25 16:01:30
Microsoft has announced that it will - with a European partner - contribute to an open-source project for reading and writing Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio files.
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Microsoft promises ODF, OOXML interoperability
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-03-09 03:56:33
In the wake of the ISO rejecting Microsoft's OOXML document format as an international standard, Microsoft has launched its Document Interoperability Initiative pledging to work with industry to ensure its document formats remain interchangeable with industry standards.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-03-09 03:56:33
In the wake of the ISO rejecting Microsoft's OOXML document format as an international standard, Microsoft has launched its Document Interoperability Initiative pledging to work with industry to ensure its document formats remain interchangeable with industry standards.
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Zoho adds support for Microsoft DOCX
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-03-02 22:47:58
Online office applications provider, Zoho, has added support for DOCX, the Microsoft Open Office XML format for Microsoft Office Word 2007 and says it intends to support all Office 2007 XML-based file formats. The move will make the software-as-a-service more attractive to the enterprise market.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-03-02 22:47:58
Online office applications provider, Zoho, has added support for DOCX, the Microsoft Open Office XML format for Microsoft Office Word 2007 and says it intends to support all Office 2007 XML-based file formats. The move will make the software-as-a-service more attractive to the enterprise market.
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Office 2008 update delays Open XML converter
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-02-21 20:29:03
Microsoft is pressing ahead with an updater to fix "high-priority issues" in Office 2008 - but the early release will come at the expense of users who have stuck with Office 2004.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-02-21 20:29:03
Microsoft is pressing ahead with an updater to fix "high-priority issues" in Office 2008 - but the early release will come at the expense of users who have stuck with Office 2004.
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OOXML: disquiet across the Tasman
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-11 09:19:52
In a few short weeks, it will be time for national standards bodies to decide whether the Microsoft Office Open XML specification will be accepted as an ISO standard or not.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-02-11 09:19:52
In a few short weeks, it will be time for national standards bodies to decide whether the Microsoft Office Open XML specification will be accepted as an ISO standard or not.
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Microsoft Office 2008: first look
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-20 15:05:53
It's been a long time coming, but an Intel-native version of Microsoft's Office suite for Mac OS X is finally with us.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-20 15:05:53
It's been a long time coming, but an Intel-native version of Microsoft's Office suite for Mac OS X is finally with us.
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OOXML: the propaganda war has begun
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-17 09:45:45
The first salvo in the document standard war of 2008 has been fired - and, predictably, it favours the Microsoft camp. A study by the Burton Group, a firm of consultants, has come down hard on the side of Microsoft Office Open XML.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-17 09:45:45
The first salvo in the document standard war of 2008 has been fired - and, predictably, it favours the Microsoft camp. A study by the Burton Group, a firm of consultants, has come down hard on the side of Microsoft Office Open XML.
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EC launches new investigations into Microsoft dominance
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-01-14 14:52:44
The European Commission has initiated two new antitrust investigations against Microsoft for alleged abuse of a dominant market position one of which follows a complaint by Opera over non-standard features of Microsoft's Explorer browser. The other concerns interoperability.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-01-14 14:52:44
The European Commission has initiated two new antitrust investigations against Microsoft for alleged abuse of a dominant market position one of which follows a complaint by Opera over non-standard features of Microsoft's Explorer browser. The other concerns interoperability.
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Microsoft should put old file formats in the public domain
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-01-14 14:41:56
Dutch not-for-profit venture capitalist NLnet Foundation has called on Microsoft to release its older file formats into the public domain to enable businesses, open source-developers and the standards community to better access their own documents in the future, and to help them get Microsoft's products to work with the new open standard ODF.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-01-14 14:41:56
Dutch not-for-profit venture capitalist NLnet Foundation has called on Microsoft to release its older file formats into the public domain to enable businesses, open source-developers and the standards community to better access their own documents in the future, and to help them get Microsoft's products to work with the new open standard ODF.
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Microsoft reissues Mac OOXML converter
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-12-20 18:33:22
A new beta of the Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac has appeared on Microsoft's web site, but there is no indication of any functional changes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-12-20 18:33:22
A new beta of the Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac has appeared on Microsoft's web site, but there is no indication of any functional changes.
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OOXML: move the goalposts, avoid facing the obvious
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-12-20 10:25:56
Last week, following a radio discussion, linux.com writer Bruce Byfield characterised two opposing FOSS camps in the OOXML debate who participated in that discussion as being "closer than they have appeared in the past."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-12-20 10:25:56
Last week, following a radio discussion, linux.com writer Bruce Byfield characterised two opposing FOSS camps in the OOXML debate who participated in that discussion as being "closer than they have appeared in the past."
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KDE takes stand on OOXML; GNOME dithers
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-12-10 07:27:50
Three cheers for the developers and management of the K Desktop Environment. They have taken a principled stand on the divisive issue of OOXML, the Microsoft Office Open XML document format. And for this the KDE folk deserve a round of applause.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-12-10 07:27:50
Three cheers for the developers and management of the K Desktop Environment. They have taken a principled stand on the divisive issue of OOXML, the Microsoft Office Open XML document format. And for this the KDE folk deserve a round of applause.
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