We noted some significant issues with the translation services offered by previous editions of the beta Office Open XML File Converter -- namely complete failure to convert simple Word documents.

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 ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

Ecma, the international standards body accepted Microsoft's proposed Open XML File Format submission for standardization.

As mentioned in the above paragraph, Microsoft also released its 1.0 version of the Open XML File Format Converter. If you're an Office 2004 user but are constantly getting files from your Office ...

But Ecma's approval wasn't unanimous -- IBM voted against Open XML, saying OpenDocument, which is the default format in OpenOffice, is a "vastly superior" format, and another standard was unnecessary.

Making good on an earlier promise, Novell has posted an Open XML translator for the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, adding Microsoft Office 2007 file format capability to the open-source ...

Microsoft launched a new community Web site on May 8, called OpenXMLCommunity.org, another venue for Microsoft to back its claim that developers and users just can't get enough of Open XML, the ...

European standards body Ecma International Thursday published the first draft of the Office Open XML specification online, as Microsoft Corp.’s file format for office documents continues the ...

The royalty-free license under which Microsoft Corp. plans to make its upcoming Office Open XML Formats widely available is incompatible with the GNU General Public License.