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Microsoft support for ISO Open XML

Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:37 PM by dstrange
seems to be a good deal of chatter recently about our support for the modified version of Open XML that resulted from the rigorous ratification process.  The best summary of the story I found is over on Oliver Bell's blog here so I won't retype it Read More...
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Random catch up 22nd Feb

Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:21 PM by dstrange
Skydrive comes out of beta Beta is over for http://skydrive.live.com and the new version increases the storage by 4Gb to 5Gb! I use this to put my presentations in on the right column on the blog - easy to imbed the link with the icon Interoperability Read More...
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The crazy world of Open XML

Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:18 AM by dstrange
With the ballot resolution later this month, the temperature is high around the issues on Open XML.  On our side we believe that Open XML is solving a different problem to ODF and so we supported it through fast track.  IBM and others have decided Read More...
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Random roundup of Office news 18th Jan 2008

Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 3:28 PM by dstrange
Office Quiz I'm liking Ian Moulster's quiz on Office 2007 .  How many can you get - even I struggled with some of them.  He's going to publish the answers next week.. Progress of Office Open XML We are busy preparing for the Ballot Resolution Read More...
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Burton group analyst house strongly comes out in support of Office Open XML

Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 3:39 PM by dstrange
The Burton Group , a respected AR firm targeting the enterprise technologist, has published “What’s up .doc—ODF, Open XML and the Revolutionary Implications of XML in Productivity Applications” —a 35+ page examination of Read More...
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Great new blog - Gray matter

Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:56 PM by dstrange
Some blogs you wait a long time for and here is one.  Gray Knowlton , Group product manager in Office has started a blog.  Gray is a top guy, funny, very smart and with lots of good perspectives to share.  He is working on Office Open XML, Read More...
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Xbox 360s for Open XML solutions

Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 2:36 PM by dstrange
While I'm talking about developers, it looks like the UK developer team are giving away Xbox 360s to partners that have Office Open XML solutions .  Surely every open xml developer already has an Xbox 360? Anyway if you have or are thinking about Read More...
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Office 2007 file formats on Windows Mobile 6

Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 10:12 PM by dstrange
At last, the Office mobile 6.1 update is here that lets us use the new file formats (open and edit xlsx and docx and just view pptx) on Windows Mobile devices.  It works on windows pocket pc 5 and windows mobile 6.  Download here . Jason aka Read More...
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Intelligencia for Office 2007 uses Open XML

Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 7:31 PM by dstrange
I've spoken about IT Workplace before .  If you are interested in seeing an Office Business Application in action, have a look at Intelligencia - they allow people to do data analysis from Word.  This relies on Open XML to store the settings Read More...
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Ecma Open XML real world stories

Posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:23 PM by dstrange
This afternoon I was presenting at the Office Business Applications architects council with the good looking chaps on the right here. I was talking about some of the stories I've come across from our customers and partners who are using Ecma Open XML Read More...
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Random roundup 20th August 2007

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 6:34 PM by dstrange
sorry been a busy week but here's the wheat without the chaff - frankly I was bored by most of the stuff in my inbox this week but there a few glimmers here: Office 2007 sp1 has gone out to beta testers. Seems to be stable and does make things feel a Read More...
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Random roundup.. June 5th 2007

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:55 PM by dstrange
"Open battle will boost compatibility" writes the Guardian computer editor, Jack Schofield in a computer weekly article . Open XML will never win over ODF proponents: nothing would. However, the new formats are more open, more accessible and more standardised Read More...
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Open XML SDK launches

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:05 PM by dstrange
As James Senior beat me to saying , Microsoft has created an SDK for .net programmers to manipulate Open XML documents. The point is that whilst it is technically possible to write a .docx or an .xlsx using the Ecma spec, it requires a detailed knowledge Read More...
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MindJet MindManager 7 becomes Fluent with the ribbon: interview

Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:57 PM by dstrange
The upcoming version 7 of MindJet MindManager, the popular visualisation tool releases on 31 st May. One of its key selling points is the use of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface. I caught up with Rob Furnivall from MindJet (above and left) Read More...
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Ecma Open XML Developer Workshop

Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 1:59 PM by dstrange
30 th April - 1 st May 2007, Reading, UK This two day developer workshop focuses on Open XML, the new document format for Microsoft Office ( why you should care ). The new Open XML file format is compact and robust, enabling better data integration between Read More...
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