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 ...

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 ...

Ever since Microsoft announced its Office Open XML file format to be used with the new version of Office 2007 for Windows, Mac-using Office geeks have been living in a sort of quiet fear for the ...

X users can both open Word and PowerPoint Open XML files and save in those formats using beta converters MBU has issued. No such converter has been released that handles Excel 2007’s Open XML ...

Products affected include Office 2000, Office 2002, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.

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 ...

Microsoft released updates for Office 2008 and Office 2004 improving stability and fixing issues caused by previous updates. The company also released its Open XML converter, allowing users to ...

Microsoft is trumpeting support for its Office Open XML document file format as an international standard from more than 300 companies and organizations on a new "community" Web site set up by the ...