Microsoft will make XML-based file formats the default for its forthcoming "Office 12" version of Office, which is scheduled for release late in 2006. While Microsoft supported XML file formats in ...

Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has made technical information about all of its Office binary file formats openly available to outside software developers, while promising never to sue them for ...

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 ...

PowerPoint's file type menu, visible in the program's Save As window, lists over two dozen formats in which you can save one of your business presentations. If you've never looked at those file ...

Microsoft today launched an open source software project on the SourceForge site, aimed at developing conversion tools that will translate Microsoft Office binary files to Office Open XML (OOXML) file ...

Starting with Office 2007, Microsoft switched to Office Open XML (OOXML) as the default file formats for its applications. However, the legacy .doc (Word), .xls (Excel) and .ppt (PowerPoint) file ...

Those who are criticizing Microsoft’s decision to block older file formats in Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) are “exaggerating,” according to a Microsoft Corp. product manager. Still, Corel Corp., ...