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POI - Java access to Microsoft Office-format files

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POI is an Apache Foundation project designed to let programmers access Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document Format from a Java environment. OLE 2 format is quite ubiquitous since it's the one used in Microsoft Office files. In the following article we will be exploring the various components available in POI for accessing these documents through Java.

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AnonymousCoward ·
OOo being written Java-style in the first place, it should be a good deal easier to implement this and if facilities specific to the MSO formats are overlaid on the cleaner OASIS design, the end result should be less gnarly than starting with MSO and working back.

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