Microsoft calls the new file formats the Microsoft Office Open XML Formats. They will be the defaults for "Office 12" versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

The interoperability capabilities of the Microsoft Office Open XML Formats enable Microsoft Office applications to directly access data stored in systems outside those applications, such as ...

With the introduction of Office 2007, Microsoft abandoned the age-old .doc format in favor of the newer .docx (also known as the Office Open XML format). If you’re still using Word 2003 or an ...

In a move that could bring a chorus of both cheers and jeers, Microsoft Corp. recently announced its commitment to adopt XML technology as the default file format in the next version of Office ...

In the next release of Office, we have added two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. We have also added support for opening PDF documents so they can be ...

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. Written by Dan Farber, Inactive ...

The upcoming version of Office will fully support Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2, while Word 2013 will also be able to open and edit PDF files Written by David Meyer ...

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 ...

The Open XML SDK provides tools for working with Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. It supports scenarios such as: The official release NuGet packages for Open XML SDK are available on ...

Microsoft's Office Open XML file format was approved as a standard by Ecma International, putting it on a more equal footing with OpenDocument but giving some users and vendors cause to support ...

The Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.1b can convert .docx and .docm documents (the latter are Word macro-enabled documents) into RTF format, which can be opened in Word 2004 ...

Describes the PnP Office Open XML File Format, outlines how to manually edit and create PnP files, and provides additional references. If you open the Files folder in the zipped folder you'll see a ...