Microsoft Office 2007
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Excel criticized over ODF interoperability
News Microsoft has come under fire for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its ODF implementation within Office 2007 SP2, but says it is an issue inherent with the standard.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Standards, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Interoperability, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office
Software patents hot topic at Microsoft event
News A Microsoft-hosted panel discussion on interoperability was interrupted when a member of a Linux user group raised questions on patent issues.
Tags: Open source, Patents, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Patent, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, software
Deadline looms for end of XP, Office 2003 support
News Mainstream support for Office 2003 and Windows XP will end Apr. 14, with maintenance available only to users who have signed up for extended support.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Customer support, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Butler Group, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007, patch management, Microsoft Windows XP
OpenOffice 3 beta: More compatibility, new features
News Sun Microsystems delivers its first beta of OpenOffice 3 for Windows and Mac. But its lackluster user-interface remains almost the same.
Tags: Open source, Office suites, OpenOffice, Wiki, Apple Macintosh, Sun Microsystems Inc., Beta, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF
OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken
News The ISO standard for ODF documents is impossible to implement, says an expert who has now found both OpenOffice and Microsoft Office 2007 non-standard compliant.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Alex Brown, consortium, intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, marketing
Microsoft licensing switch pleases Becta
News The U.K. government body that oversees schools' IT has welcomed Microsoft's interoperability intentions, but some members of the open source community say the software giant is trying to lock schools into licenses.
Tags: Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., School, Open Source, operating system, Interoperability, public sector, Microsoft Office 2007, volume-license, software
OpenOffice 3.0 release hit by server crash
News The new version of the free office productivity suite can read OOXML and work natively on the Mac, but demand appeared to have crashed the OpenOffice.org servers on its release day.
Tags: Microsoft Office, XML, Mac OS, OpenOffice, Open Source, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Server, Microsoft Office 2007, marketing
Adobe guru to improve Windows interface
News Adobe Systems' Mark Hamburg will work on Windows' user experience. His recent Adobe work gives a clue about his design goals: 'elegance,' 'personality.'
Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Lightroom, User Interface, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows, Adobe Systems Inc., dialog box
Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Special Media Edition)
Product Reviews Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Special Media Edition)
Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Apple Macintosh, Entourage, Toolbox, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office
OOXML expert: ODF flaws remain
News The Open Document Format community has defended its standard, but major contributor to rival OOXML standard Alex Brown says his criticisms remain unresolved.
Tags: Software, Standards, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Open Source, Alex Brown, Flaw
Would you use a cloud-based service to store IT documentation?
Techguide Scott Lowe is thinking about using a free Microsoft service to store his organization's IT documentation. Share your thoughts about using an offline storage vault for this type of data.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Scott Lowe, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows
How to display pictures that appear to be partially hidden
Techguide Sometimes, an in-line text picture doesn't display completely--you can see just the bottom of the image. Find out what you can do to correct the problem.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Slide, Cell, Training, Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Aussie organizations shun Office 2010
News No large Australian organization is known to be planning an Office 2010 migration, and many have not even completed their move to Office 2007.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Training, Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows XP, KPMG Consulting Inc., Microsoft Office, desktop, Benefit, Microsoft Windows
Lotus Symphony gets some OOXML support
News IBM has said it believes support for importing documents in Microsoft's office format could help convince large organizations to drop Office altogether.
Tags: Office suites, Standards, Open source, IBM Corp., Office Open XML, IBM Lotus Notes, Mail Merge, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, data analysis
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack for Office 2007, adding various stability and performance updates along with support for Open Document Format and PDF files.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Service Pack, performance, Microsoft Office 2007, product manager, Microsoft Office, managing director, open standard
