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Standards NZ to canvass local views on Open XML

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Computerworld New Zealand; By Rob O'Neill 		Mail this story
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Forums will discuss whether Microsoft’s format should be accepted as a standard alongside Open Document Format

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d0nk3y Story submitter ·
He says the difference between Open XML and Open Document Format is that Microsoft’s format has been engineered to the nth degree to allow access to legacy files, right back to the first version of Word, with integrity.

Does that mean that they're going to write Open XML plugins for all Word versions back to the first version of Word? Or does that mean that they're going to make the latest Word capable of opening the first version of Word's files?

Either way, it's not really anything to do with the Open XML 'standard' - is it??

Is this what Microsoft mean when they say they're focussing on security more these days - that they say stuff so confusing that nobody knows what they really mean?
jezuch ·
Quoting:Or does that mean that they're going to make the latest Word capable of opening the first version of Word's files?


That would be something new...
hkwint ·
I was informed there were going to be OpenXML compability packs for some older Microsoft Office versions, the oldest being 2000 or something, by Raul Pesch, MS - The Netherlands.
techiem2 ·
How nice of them to supply lockin upgrade packs.

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