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Malaysia's blind can 'see' with OOXML
News Microsoft unveils in Malaysia new tool based on its Office Open XML standard that converts Office Word files into "talking" documents for the visually impaired.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Plug-in, Training, Open Source, Tool, Malaysia, Microsoft Malaysia, software
Microsoft: Developer interest fueling OOXML
News Software giant has ramped up efforts on building developer tools for the Office Open XML document format, says a senior company executive.
Tags: Standards, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Developer, software company, public sector, software, industry, development tool
OOXML gains compatibility via ISVs
News Since its ISO ratification, Microsoft's document format has garnered support from third-party applications. But developers say it's not ideological--it's just business.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Office Open XML, Novell Inc., Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft asks for stay of Word injunction
News Software maker also asks court to quickly hear an appeal of the order, which threatens to halt sales of Microsoft Word in its current form.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, software company, Microsoft Office, Best Buy Co. Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Word, XML
Appeals court weighs Word injunction
News Microsoft is hoping to overturn a ruling that versions of Word infringe on a patent held by Canada's I4i. It also faces US$200 million in damages and an injunction.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Patent, software company, chairman, Washington D.C., spokesman, Microsoft Word, lawyer, XML
Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction
News Landmark injunction would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, software company, Sales, Toronto, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
US judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
News Patent-infringement ruling in the United States bars the software giant from selling one of its premier products as long as it contains a custom XML feature.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Microsoft Word 2003, Toronto, tagging, Microsoft Word 2007, Judge, Texas, Microsoft Word, XML
I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft Word
News Although it has won an injunction that could halt sales of Word in its current form, a small Canadian company says its goal is to build products, not kill a key part of Office.
Tags: Business applications, chairman, Amgen Inc., Web Site, Web, Microsoft Word, XML
Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
News Company finds faults with rulings that led to jury's patent infringement ruling. Microsoft also faces injunction that threatens to halt sales of current form of Word.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, Sales, chairman, Canada, financial, Texas, Microsoft Word, XML
Use Access Office Links tool to convert a report to an Excel worksheet
Techguide Here's a quick and easy trick for getting your Access report data into Excel--organized just the way you want.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Option, Tool, check box, shortcut menu, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
Determine the sum of sales for a particular day using one Excel formula
Techguide You can build an Excel formula that makes it easy to track sales. Here's how.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Frame, Document, Animation, Frown, Smile, Sales, Property, F5 Networks Inc., Figure
Microsoft warns of targeted Word attacks
News The software giant is investigating reports of a Word vulnerability that appears to affect Word 2002 Service Pack 3.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Attack, software company, software, Security Update, agency, Security
Microsoft fixes critical holes in Windows, Word, Publisher
News Company's Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for six vulnerabilities, including some critical ones.
Tags: Security, Personal applications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Zero-day Bug, Vulnerability, operating system, critical patch, malicious program
Microsoft fixes 26 flaws with 11 patches
News Updates, six of which are critical, affect Microsoft Office suite and individual applications as well as Internet Explorer.
Tags: Security, Network security, Office suites, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Bulletin, Flaw, Execution, Attacker
Open-source tool creates OOXML docs for the blind
News Microsoft has helped develop an audio file format called Daisy that translates Word files into a 'talking' digital book format, making documents more accessible for users with impaired vision.
Tags: Open source, Corporate responsibility, Disability, Office Open XML, Tool, Australia, consortium, software, business development, vision
