Microsoft Corp. announced that it is adopting industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology for the default file formats in the next version of Microsoft Office editions, currently ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft said it would be submitting its Open XML document format, which will be the default file format in the next version of its Office suite, to standards body ECMA.

An XML-based file format developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML is the default document format for saving applications.

The new file formats, called Microsoft Office Open XML Formats, will be the defaults for the Office 12 versions of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which are expected to be released in ...

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On a technical level, changes proposed during the standardization process will need to be incorporated into Open XML, which is now the default document format in Microsoft Office 2007.

In a move that could bring a chorus of both cheers and jeers, Microsoft on Thursday is announcing its commitment to adopt XML technology as the default file format in the next version of Office, ...

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