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• Open standards key to digital preservation

  Open standards allow the National Archives of Australia to store documents and safeguard against hardware, software and OS obsolescence.

• Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12

  Microsoft will enable people to publish documents in the Adobe PDF format with Office 12, a company product manager said on Saturday.

• Office standards battle grinds on

  Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardise Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software.

• How open is the new Office?

  Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.

• Office 2007 to support ODF and PDF

  Responding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS).

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  No open and shut case for Office migration

  Office 2007 continues to be the focus of discussion here at Big Deal, but the most recent crop of reactions to my postings have shifted from the possible nuisance value of interface changes to the potential upside for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to the desktop suite crown.

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  Intranet 2.0: one more bandwagon jumper

  I get the feeling there will be a lot of tired tech buzzwords from fads gone by which will be wheeled out soon with the suffix "2.0" bolted on.

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• Putting XML in the fast lane

  Data exchange format is just too slow, some say. But there's debate over the best way to make Extensible Markup Language fly.

• Standards group tackles XML documents

  An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents.

• XML: Too much of a good thing?

  Explosion of special-interest XML dialects could mean the standard is a success or could be the start of a new headache.

• XML set to boost biometrics

  A US standards group is hoping that a key Web language will provide a standard way for computers and technology to describe human characteristics.

• Microsoft limits XML in Office 2003

  A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services.

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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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• How open is the new Office?

  Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.

• Microsoft readies Office overhaul

  Microsoft this week plans to deliver the first test release of a new version of its Office software intended to rejuvenate sales and stave off competitors.

• Microsoft aims to break down Office resistance

  New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.

• At Microsoft, all roads lead to Longhorn

  Microsoft this week gave customers a look at forthcoming development and management tools that are part of the company's long-term plans for the product.

• Microsoft moves ahead on Xdocs

  The software giant is set to unveil more details about the controversial electronic forms software, an addition to the forthcoming Office 11, including a new name.

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