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• Massachusetts to use OpenDocument, Microsoft Office

  Massachusetts will begin using OpenDocument as the default document format later this year as planned, but it will be sticking with Microsoft Office in the near term, the state's top technology executive said.

• Microsoft unveils web Office preview

  Microsoft has unveiled a technical preview of its newly christened Microsoft Office Web Apps services.

• US state to favour Microsoft document formats?

  The US state of Massachusetts is set to mandate the use of Microsoft's Office document formats, including Office Open XML, across its agencies.

• More US states mull OpenDocument move

  Minnesota and Texas may become the next US states to adopt the OpenDocument Format as the required standard for their agencies, thanks to two state bills currently up for vote.

• Microsoft supports Chinese document standard

  The company will sponsor an open-source project to create converter between Ecma Open XML and Chinese standard as well as new ODF converters.

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  Office no place for power users

  While elements of Microsoft's Office suite have been in use for more than 20 years, the company now appears unpleasantly convinced that nobody really has any idea how to use the product.

Features and Case Studies (74)

• 10 reasons to deploy Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

  10 things you can take with you into any discussion about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, that will help you plead the business case for this technology deployment.

• Office 2010 Technical Preview: Screenshots

  We give you a sneak peek at a "Technical Preview" build of Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 suite before the company formally unveils it to the public.

• OpenOffice.org takes on Microsoft Office

  The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.

• How would you improve the next MS Office?

  The next version of Microsoft Office is due in the next year or so. If you were product manager for the industry-standard office suite, what would you add? What would you get rid of? What would you fix?

• Exorcise your Office XP demons

  Office may be the best-selling office suite on the planet, but that doesn't mean it's the best-performing suite.

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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.

Reviews (194)

• KOffice falls short of Microsoft Office standard

  The latest version of this Linux-based office suite has a lot of ground to cover before it can catch up with the de facto corporate standard, Microsoft Office.

• OpenOffice.org takes on Microsoft Office

  The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.

• StarOffice offers IT real choice

  StarOffice might not be ready to totally displace Microsoft Office in the enterprise, but version 6 beta shows the suite has the stuff to loosen Microsoft's iron grip.

• StarOffice 6.0: End of the free ride

  StarOffice 6.0 is relatively inexpensive, but it's unlikely to win over existing users of Microsoft's Office products.

• Hyperlink hijinks in Office

  It seems like a simple enough idea to let you put Web-like hyperlinks into your Office documents. Simple, we wish... We've seen more panicked messages about hyperlinks as time goes by.

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