An XML map allows a business to arrange data stored in XML documents so that the information can be easily imported into a predefined table in an application such as Microsoft Excel. In this way, the ...

The latest update to Microsoft's Office 2008 for Mac, Service Pack 2, has created a host of issues for users. One of the more prevalent problems on our comment boards ...

A few weeks back, Microsoft released its Service Pack 2 update for Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac. While adding a host of features and refinements (such as Custom Path Animation in PowerPoint and ...

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for ...

What's the world's dominant software company to do when public agencies turn their backs on your proprietary Office format and adopt an open standard instead? Why, get your format declared a standard ...

Microsoft has released significant updates to both Office 2008 and Office 2004, as well as the final release of the Office Open XML converter 1.0. Office 2008 12.1.1 is available as a 153MB download ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...

With the look and feel of Microsoft's Office suite, OpenOffice offers much of the functionality of Word, Excel and other Office applications. Some people consider OpenOffice a threat to Microsoft's ...

Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format for Office Applications ...

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 ...

Microsoft went to the Open XML Format for its Office documents beginning in 2007. The Open XML format files are smaller than previous file formats. An Excel Workbook 2007 or 2010 business file ...

Recently, Microsoft has announced they're new "Open XML" format, in order to ease fears of their growing document format dominance. But is Open XML really that open? Kevin Carmoney over at The Tech ...