Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

REDMOND, Wash. — June 1, 2005 — In a move to bring new levels of data interoperability to its customers and new market opportunities to technology providers throughout the industry, Microsoft Corp.

Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format for Office Applications ...

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

Microsoft confirms Open XML has gained ISO ratification. Looking ahead, expect scrutiny of the standards process and minimal change in the marketplace. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

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 Thatcher ...

REDMOND, Wash. – April 1, 2008 — After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International ...

A couple of weeks ago, ISO members voted to make Microsoft's Office Open XML format an official standard. The vote was not without its share of controversy, but it's a done deal and now the world will ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML file format won approval from the Ecma International standards body yesterday, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma’s vote ...

Microsoft said Thursday that XML would be the default file format for three applications when it ships Office 12 late next year. The company said its new Microsoft Office Open XML Formats would be ...

Today not only marks the release of a new beta Remote Desktop client from Microsoft, but also a new beta Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.2 (Beta). What the heck is this? It ...

The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming ...