We’ll take you through a step-by-step guide on how to open an XML file in Excel, Word, Chrome, and Edge. Let’s get started. It may sound strange, but MS Excel can handle XML data. It allows you to ...

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The Microsoft-backed file formats are now an official standard, despite objections from those who feared that the status would give Redmond yet more market power. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

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

Last week, just before the Thanksgiving holiday got underway in the US, Larry Rosen, the attorney that wrote the book on open source licensing If the Microsoft news wins Google over to the company's ...

Is Microsoft’s Open XML document standard “so complex and so geared towards compatibility with legacy Office compatibility that it could never be implemented as a fully functional file format by any ...

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 ...

Chris Capossela, who runs product management for the Office family of products, dropped by to see me to dribble out more details about the next version of Microsoft Office (currently dubbed "12"), ...

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 ...