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News (260)

• Massachusetts warms to Microsoft Office standard

  The governor's office of Massachusetts said Microsoft's effort to standardise Office document formats could meet the commonwealth's procurement guidelines.

• Microsoft Office Open XML rejected as standard

  A US standards body has rejected Microsoft's Office Open XML document format as an international standard, which could further boost the popularity of open source standard OpenDocument (ODF)

• Aussie organisations shun Office 2010

  No large Australian organisations are known to be planning an Office 2010 migration, and many have not even completed their move to Office 2007.

• 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.

• 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.

Features and Case Studies (86)

• 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.

• UPDATE: Microsoft puts price, date on new Office

  Microsoft has set an October 22 Australian release date and announced US pricing for the next version of its Office software package.

• 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.

• MS Office for Linux? Not quite--but close!

  A new product lets you run some Microsoft Office apps on a Linux PC. That may not sound like a lot, but for most of us, it's a pretty good start.

• 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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Reviews (204)

• Microsoft Office Standard 2007

  If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.

• 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.

• UPDATE: Microsoft puts price, date on new Office

  Microsoft has set an October 22 Australian release date and announced US pricing for the next version of its Office software package.

• 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 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.

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