[AktiviX-discuss] good news?

mp mp at aktivix.org
Thu May 22 19:35:32 UTC 2008


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REDMOND, Wash. — May 21, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. is offering customers
greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as
creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by
expanding the range of document formats supported in its flagship Office
productivity suite.

The 2007 Microsoft Office system already provides support for 20
different document formats within Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel
and Office PowerPoint. With the release of Microsoft Office 2007 Service
Pack 2 (SP2) scheduled for the first half of 2009, the list will grow to
include support for XML Paper Specification (XPS), Portable Document
Format (PDF) 1.5, PDF/A and Open Document Format (ODF) v1.1.

When using SP2, customers will be able to open, edit and save documents
using ODF and save documents into the XPS and PDF fixed formats from
directly within the application without having to install any other
code. It will also allow customers to set ODF as the default file format
for Office 2007. To also provide ODF support for users of earlier
versions of Microsoft Office (Office XP and Office 2003), Microsoft will
continue to collaborate with the open source community in the ongoing
development of the Open XML-ODF translator project on SourceForge.net.

In addition, Microsoft has defined a road map for its implementation of
the newly ratified International Standard ISO/IEC 29500 (Office Open
XML). IS29500, which was approved by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC) in March, is already substantially supported in Office 2007, and
the company plans to update that support in the next major version
release of the Microsoft Office system, code-named “Office 14.”

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx





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