OpenDocument Format (ODF) Resources on ZDNet

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JDBReport Designer (1): JDBReport - application for quick generating and printing reports. Includes designer, generator and viewer of reports. JDBReport Designer can help you quickly create the required report, generate and print it or export to another format (HTML, ODF, Excel XML). In the report templates can be integrated Java code, which is...; Tags: Report, Printing, JDBReport, Document Management, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Excel, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Microsoft Office, Office Suites; Software downloads 2008-04-22
Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win: Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML is a "sad" day for ISO and the computing public. "I think it de-values the confidence people have in the standards setting process," Shuttleworth said in an interview just hours after the...; Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Standard, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win: Like it or not, Microsoft's OOXML – now known as IS 29500 -- has received the proper number of votes to become an ISO standard. And the Redmond, Washington company is wasting no time rejoicing the turnaround win. In his blog today, Jason Matusow,...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), XML, Iso standards, Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Quality, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Microsoft claims victory in ISO struggle over OOXML: Microsoft today sent out a press statement claiming victory for Office Open XML, the Microsoft Office file format it has been trying to make an international standard through the International Standards Organization (ISO). The e-mail reads in part: While the final vote has not yet been...; Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-01
OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote: While ISO isn't set to announce the official voting tally until tomorrow, the OpenDoc Society has posted to a mailing list what it claims are the final results indicating that Microsoft will be granted ISO approval for its Office Open XML (OOXML) document format. According to the...; Tags: ISO, OOXML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-01

AbiWord (6): AbiWord is a lean yet full-featured word processor. It features a familiar-looking interface, basic character formatting, paragraph alignment, a spell checker, interactive rulers and tabs, styles, unlimited undo/redo, find and replace, and image support. It can also import Microsoft Word 97 and RTF (Rich Text Format) documents, as well as...; Tags: Plug-in, AbiSource, AbiWord, Word Processors, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites; Software downloads 2008-04-01
OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned: The votes have been tallied but it's still not 100 percent certain that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document-format is going to become an ISO standard. (Supposedly, the vote is still too close to call and neither ISO nor Microsoft is yet discussing the final results. But...; Tags: Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Government Contract, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe: Looks like Microsoft's Office Open XML will be an ISO standard after all. Maybe. Pundits – even OOXML rivals --predicted on Sunday that the Redmond, Wash. software giant has amassed the required number of votes to pull it over the goal line. Of course, a final vote...; Tags: Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-31
OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care?: Those of us in educational technology, at least in the K-12 segment, don't tend to produce a lot of documents that someone will want to read in 10 years. At the university level, where the publish or perish dogma is a alive and well, researchers are producing plenty of...; Tags: Document, ISO, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), XML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-30
Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking: The politicking is almost over. At midnight (Central European Time) on Saturday March 29, voting regarding whether Microsoft's Open Office XML (OOXML) document format will get ISO standards approval will close. For the past month -- ever since the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) in Geneva ended...; Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Standardization, Politicking, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Standards competition and globalization: I've been thinking a lot more about globalization and the important role standards have played in "version 3.0" of that process due to my reading of Friedman's book "The World is Flat." In a globalized world, standards are critical, as they are what keeps the digital highways...; Tags: Desktop, Web, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Standards, AJAX Application, AJAX, Quality, Tcp/Ip, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Globalization, Internet, CSS, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Business Operations, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Strategy, Management, Scripting Languages, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Open XML takes another step forward: Looks like Microsoft's OOXML is continuing its march towards approval. Doug Mahugh of Microsoft posted Friday that: "I and the other members of the US delegation to the BRM ... are recommending that the US maintain its Approve position on DIS 29500. The next step will be for the...; Tags: Ars Technica, Standard, XML, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-10
U.S. to plug Open XML as an ISO standard: The United States is likely to recommend Microsoft's Open XML standard as an international standard. News.com's Martin LaMonica reports: Two members of the technical committee tasked with setting the national position on a pivotal vote said the States will retain its...; Tags: Wish, ISO, Durusau, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, XML, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML: Microsoft today launched an update of its OpenXML and ODF translator for its Excel and Powerpoint applications and pledged to keep churning out more documentation to enable interoperability -- and more patents to protect that IP. Following its interoperability announcement on Feb 21, the...; Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenXML, Interoperability Initiative, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open Source, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standard: Google said that after "further technical analysis" of Microsoft's OOXML document standard the search giant has concluded that it's an "insufficient and unnecessary standard, designed purely around the needs of Microsoft Office." You can file this argument in the "and what did you expect Google to say"...; Tags: Google Inc., ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Microsoft Obviously, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-26
Countering the Microsoft cynics: Microsoft announced today plans to expand its interoperability principles, committing itself to higher standards of openness and portability in pursuit of interoperability nirvana. Fellow blogger Mary Jo Foley was skeptical, noting that Microsoft has said as much in the past, and since then made noises about patents it...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source Movement, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Corporate Law, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-02-21
Super Friday to climax Microsoft Open XML push: Forget Super Tuesday. Consider Super Friday. Super Friday is February 29, the end of the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting which will decide the fate of Open XML as an ISO standard. Opponents say Microsoft has been packing national standards bodies to assure a "yes" vote...; Tags: XML, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Super Friday, Iso standards, Process Improvement, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-05
IBM adds Ubuntu, Red Hat support for Lotus Notes-Symphony OpenOffice Client: IBM announced at Lotusphere 2008 plans to offer its Open Collaboration Client -- which consists of Lotus Notes and Domino 8, Lotus Expeditor and Lotus Symphony apps suite -- with support for Ubuntu Linux and in a special marketing bundle with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5....; Tags: Ubuntu, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Lotus Symphony, Beta 4, Lotus Symphony Office Productivity Suite, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open Source, Linux, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-01-22
IBM, Google quietly supporting OOXML?: In spite of their public opposition to Microsoft's attempt to get the ISO standardization nod for its Office Open XML (OOXML) document format, IBM and Google quietly are supporting OOXML. That's according to two blog postings from the end of last week by Microsoft execs involved in...; Tags: Google Inc., OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Strategic Planning, Microsoft Office, Databases, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Strategy, Management, Office Suites, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXML: Microsoft is taking new measures to prove that the "open" in its Office Open XML (OOXML) document format belongs there. In response to feedback from the national bodies who are involved in Microsoft's ISO standards bid for OOXML, Microsoft is changing how it is making Office binary-format...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-17