Apple backs Microsoft in Office format standard Microsoft has submitted the Office Open XML document format to the Ecma international standards body, garnering the support of Apple, among others, in ...

This has been a frequent complaint by users of Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier word processing software since Microsoft launched Office 2007, and introduced the .docx format. “At the beginning of ...

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On one side were the principals of the shuttered ODf (again, an organization that's not to be confused with "the Format") who claim that in conversations or e-mails, both IBM and the W3C have, ...

LibreOffice accuses Microsoft of using complex XML formatting as a lock-in strategy. The open-source community criticizes Microsoft's tactics in transitioning Windows 10 users to Windows 11.

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In context: OpenDocument is an ISO standardized format for saving word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics using ZIP compression and XML metadata. ODF is the native file ...

Open offices aren’t for every company. Depending on the culture, an open office format can be an asset or a detriment. Yet they aren’t going anywhere. Open offices started to go mainstream in the ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. This enterprise-level open-source Microsoft Office ...

In Office 2013, Microsoft was compelled to support the true ODF format as well as the PDF format. Here's how open source won In a blog post earlier this week, Microsoft’s manager for Office standards ...

I've watched LibreOffice evolve over the years. In the beginning, it was an awkward office suite that struggled to keep up with the primary competition (MS Office). The GUI was baked with an ...

Since this story was originally reported, it has been updated to more accurately describe the OpenDocument Format standard. Microsoft announced Wednesday the creation of the Open XML Translator ...