The company completes its work on the open-source Word add-on, which translates files from the Open Document Format, and is set to start work on translators for Excel and PowerPoint.

To be able to import your data into Excel, you must export the PDF as an XML file using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended. Excel can open XML files and create fully functional spreadsheets out of them.

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim ...

Microsoft is trumpeting support for its Office Open XML document file format as an international standard from more than 300 companies and organizations on a new "community" Web site set up by the ...

Microsoft released updates for Office 2008 and Office 2004 improving stability and fixing issues caused by previous updates. The company also released its Open XML converter, allowing users to ...

Mac Office users of both the 2008 and 2004 variety got updates from Microsoft last night. And who ever said there couldn't be a Christmas in June? Office 2008 has been bumped to version 12.1.1 (making ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for ...