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• Microsoft: Govts demanded OOXML standard

  The Office Open XML (OOXML) document format exists purely because governments demanded it, according to Microsoft, which is hoping the format will become an international standard by the end of this month.

• Microsoft Office 2007 is incompatible with OOXML

  Word documents generated by the latest version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, according to tests run by a document standards specialist.

• Microsoft's Open XML loses crucial vote

  Microsoft has suffered a setback in its endeavour for Office Open XML (OOXML) to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS).

• War rages on over Microsoft's OOXML plans

  What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?

• Microsoft goes limp as OOXML vote nears

  Microsoft's top executives have promised not to sue open source developers who create non-commercial software based on Microsoft's protocols, but skeptics say it's a ploy to soften its image before the upcoming OOXML vote.

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• War rages on over Microsoft's OOXML plans

  What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other?

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  Microsoft Office executive claims OOXML provides greater security than alternative document formats

  Redmond-based group project manager of Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, told ZDNet Australia that OOXML provides higher levels of security. "One of the benefits we have with the OpenOffice XML formats is that we know when we read and write and document because we have an XML based representation of what's in that content -- we know what should and should not be there," he said.

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• WordPerfect Office X4

  Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a web browser. So what's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel's WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found in Microsoft Office.

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