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- Microsoft Open XML Converter 1.1.3 (Mac)
- Open XML Converter allows you to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows so that you can open, edit, and save them in earlier versions of Office for Mac. Open XML Converter can convert Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, XML, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Open XML Converter, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
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- News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Joe McKendrick: More SOA tools emerge in the cloud Jason Hiner: Forget the iPhone app, Google Voice coming as...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Jason Perlow, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Bot, Twitter, Attack, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Microsoft releases XML fix for Mac Office, Open XML converter tool
- Microsoft on Thursday released a pair of updates to fix a problem with Open XL documents: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1 Update and Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter 1.1.1. According to Microsoft's Knowledge Base article of the issue, users...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, XML, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Tool, Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- File format blues
- File format bluesTry to educateWhen I receive a *x file, I usually respond with a note to the sender that the file is unreadable, and would he/she please check the program's default format settings and then re-send as .doc, .xls, etc.As others have noted, most of the time the sender...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Word processors, Microsoft Office, File format blue, WordStar, job
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
- Microsoft's batch of patches this month is a big one: 10 bulletins covering a total of 31 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Windows OS, the Internet Explorer browser and the Microsoft Office productivity suite (Word, Works and Excel). Five of the 10 bulletins are rated "critical," Microsoft's highest...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Server, Window, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Security, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability
- In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one. ODF is a...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, astroturfing, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Document Conversion Recommendations With Converter Technology
- Office 2007 supports a new file format, Open XML. While this new format offers enhanced functionality, there are important considerations when converting from the old binary file format. The presenter of this webcast will share tools and best practices to help customers complete the most efficient desktop migration possible.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts 2009-02-19
- Total Excel Converter 1.5 (Windows)
- Total Excel Converter is the right choice to convert Excel or other spreadsheets to PDF, Open Office, Word, Text, CSV, or Lotus files. Excel Converter has the widest list of supported formats. It includes OpenOffice ODT and ODS, Word both Doc and DocX, PDF, HTML, Access, TXT, Lotus, ODT, ODS,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Softplicity, Excel Converter, DBF Table, Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Open Source, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-02-12
- Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your
- Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your Microsoft vs. AppleMicrosoft would be nuts to try that again. The DOJ would be all over them if they did.Just because you discover a killer instinct or re-discover one does not mean the other side will loose their killer instinct. Pagan jimConvoluted, upside...
- Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Digital music, Office 2008, Mac BU, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- Tiny euro converter 1.01 (Windows)
- A freeware to convert euro to 34 other money. It uses a xml file to update data automatically. you have to have a working internet connection in order the software can grab the date from the european central bank. Very easy to use. Open the software, enter your amount and...
- Tags: Euro, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Software downloads 2008-11-07
- Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2
- Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, App, Melodies, Medialets, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues
- Can Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit expect anything but frustration from its installed base of users? The excuses from the development team are wearing very, very thin. The news today was that the group was able to get its first batch of 1,000 bug...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, MacTech, Ticktin, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Microsoft updates Mac Office 2008, 2004
- Redmond pushes security fixes for users of the older Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, while owners of the recently released Office 2008 receive a large dose of stability fixes more like instability fixes and security patches. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit informed us via the corporate...
- Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Beta Version, Microsoft Office 2004, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML
- Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXMLHow stupidCan people get? "We'll talk about the price later, just buy our crap now. Trust us! Have we ever lied?"This is a 6-month solutionThis Microsoft-Novell software OdfConverter will be mostly obsolete in 6 months when...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office-OpenOffice XML, Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ISO
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standard
- Google: Microsoft's OOXML shouldn't be a standardsurely OOXML should not be standardEver we dont need google to tell it to us. But if google really wanna put a end to MS Make a OS damn'it a nice BSD knockoff like apple is doingThe axis of...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Did the W3C acknowledge CDF's potential as an office format (vs ODF) in newly public e-mail?
- Last week, after interviewing most of the players involved in a controversy regarding the future of the OpenDocument Format (a controversy mostly rooted in the confusion of two nearly identical but very different acronyms: ODf and ODF), I noted that some of those players -- IBM, the World Wide Web...
- Tags: W3C, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., CDF, Edwards, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Microsoft starts rolling out more OOXML translators
- Microsoft starts rolling out more OOXML translatorsAll part of the planLook like you are cooperating, put enough bugs in the translators so they don't work and people will quit using them and just you MS format. Look back at history and you will find this pattern over and over...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOXML, translator, Microsoft Corp., De Icaza
- Discussion threads 2007-12-04
- Microsoft and Daisy will make Word speak
- Microsoft is extending its lead in assistive technology alongside the Daisy Foundation. Microsoft will make a Daisy plug-in available on Sourceforge early next year which will read Word 2003 and 2007 files out-loud. The plug-in will act as a converter between the Open XML...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Daisy, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Office for Mac 2008 delayed until next year
- The next version of Microsoft Office for Mac won't hit in the latter half of 2007, as originally expected, according to Microsoft. The new ship target for Office for Mac 2008 is January 2008.Microsoft officials are attributing the delay to insufficient quality of current test versions of the product. ArsTechnica...
- Tags: Office for Mac, Office, Apple, App Compatibility
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- ODF, OOXML...and now UOF?
- ODF, OOXML...and now UOF?Data representationWell I would say there is a well-founded standard theoretical model for data representation. On the basis of this standard watching Microsoft move from archaic methods where the only way you can get at the data is through the application to the almost as archaic hierarchical...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Few People, KARMA, Steve B, OOXML, Company-A, OpenDocument Format, Company B, UOF
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
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