With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in particular formats, and those who ...

Another important thing to note is when you use Word to save the file in an XML Document format, the resultant file will include new XML data which may seem overwhelming. This is because ...

The important revelation, which was expected, is that some Office 12 applications (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) will use Office Open XML as the default file format. Note: Excel and Word already ...

According to Microsoft, the upcoming version of Office (Office 12, for now) will make use of XML as the default file formats for the big three apps: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. While full details ...

Because we are on the verge of a world in which all mainstream document-centric tools do XML natively. Most of them will store their files natively in XML. So if the word processor/DTP tools you ...

Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year.

In the middle part of this decade, Microsoft engaged in an extensive effort to create open standards derived from its own XML-based file formats, such as XPS and Office XML. This work was widely ...

Whereas Microsoft's Office (and its components) have been around since the 1980's, it has been a vehicle for the company's legacy file formats, not for its brand new Office XML Reference Schema ...

The new version features a new, simpler XML file format, native Microsoft Excel file generation, support for native viewing and printing from Swing applications, and performance enhancements.