Users of open-source office suites like Lotus Symphony and OpenOffice know that those programs can open Microsoft Office documents, but what if you're an Office user who needs to open an Open ...

Windows only: Open OpenDocument Format (ODF) files in Microsoft Office using the OpenXML/ODF Translator, a free plug-in for Microsoft Word. One of the most obvious benefits is being able to open ...

Developers funded by Microsoft delivered on Friday the first phase of an open source tool designed to translate between the default Office 2007 file type and a competing open source document format.

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim ...

You can open or import a surprising number of file formats into Microsoft Word. Not to be confused with file formatting, which—in most programs—refers to the design of a page, file formats are ...

Government plan to adopt ODF file format sparks standards debate in UK News Apr 3, 2014 7 mins Data Center Microsoft Open Source ...

A Microsoft-sponsored open-source project is expected on Friday to release a translator that will convert file formats between Microsoft Office and rival standard OpenDocument, or ODF.

Burton Group, in a report that it said wasn't commissioned or funded by Microsoft, recommends that users adopt Microsoft's Open XML file format instead of the rival ODF one.

Microsoft is giving in to the unrelenting pressure to be more open, particularly with regard to its Office Open XML file format and interoperability with the Open Document Format alternative.

ODF, backed by Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp. and open-source players, is facing off against Microsoft’s Open XML, which will be the default file format for the software giant’s upcoming ...