September 2007 - Posts

Open XML links for 09-18-2007
18 September 07 09:48 PM

there have been some great discussions about Open XML online in the last week. Here are a few of my favorites ... Jason Matusow started an interesting thread about Open XML implementations on his blog. The participants include several people who have Read More...

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OPC implementation test documents
11 September 07 09:03 PM

In my presentation at TechEd SEA yesterday, I explained the importance of writing code against the relationship structure of an OPC package instead of hard-coding URIs that point to specific part names in specific folders. That's a key concept for building Read More...

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Open XML links for 09-11-2007
10 September 07 06:58 PM

I'm in Kuala Lumpur this week for TechEd, and it's my first trip to Malaysia. The area near my hotel is really modern and spectacular, with lots of shops and bars and restaurants, and the Microsoft office and the convention center are both a short walk Read More...

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Open XML links for 09-06-2007
06 September 07 01:22 PM

While my colleagues are all attending the company meeting today (or so their OOF messages say :-)), I'm getting caught up at the office before leaving town for a week. In my overflowing inbox I found a few Open XML links worth sharing ... Open XML spreadsheet Read More...

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Voting on DIS 29500
04 September 07 12:23 PM

The voting has closed on the Open XML ballot, and ISO has issued a press release that explains the outcome: The five-month ballot process ended on 2 September and was open to the IEC and ISO national member bodies from 104 countries, including 41 that Read More...

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Open XML sans le drame
03 September 07 08:25 PM

I just finished reading the comments posted on a few Open XML blogs over the weekend, a task which took much longer than I expected. My impression is that people want to talk about the outcome of the voting period that ended yesterday, but we don't have Read More...

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