Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open-source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining ground, particularly among governments. The ...

Sun’s OpenDocument conversion plugin for Microsoft Office is now available for download. Released with little fanfare earlier this week, the plugin provides support for reading and writing ODF files ...

Microsoft’s decision to allow its Office software to handle the increasingly popular OpenDocument Format was a belated acknowledgement that the company could lose customers if it didn’t, analysts said ...

In another blow to the supremacy of Microsoft’s Office franchise, Belgium on Friday became the second governmental body to approve the use of the OpenDocument format as a way to exchange government ...