Microsoft's support of ODF might make it easy to create documentation

[P Kishor]

For those struggling with choices for creating complex documentation,
MS-Office might become a usable alternative. See the extracts of news
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Microsoft has announced a new project dubbed "Open XML Translator,"
which will allow the company to continue the efforts to create their
Open XML format, while supporting the OpenDocument Format by providing
Microsoft Office users with a conversion tool. In response to
government requests for interoperability, the said it will release the
translator as a plug-in for several older and the latest Microsoft
Office versions. "We believe that Open XML meets the needs of millions
of organizations for a new approach to file formats, so we are sharing
it with the industry by submitting it, with others, to become a
worldwide standard," said Jean Paoli, general manager of
interoperability and XML architecture at Microsoft. Microsoft brought
Open XML to Mac earlier this year.
<http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/07/06/ms.plans.odf.converter/>

Microsoft announced Wednesday the creation of the Open XML Translator
project, so its Office suite will support the OpenDocument Format
(ODF) standard. The move comes in response to government requests for
Microsoft products to be compatible with ODF, such as the national
governments of Belgium and Denmark, and the state government of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The company said that the next edition
of Office--Office 2007, now expected early next year--will include
menu options for XML, ODF, and Adobe Systems' PDF formats. The ODF
support would include Office's three main formats, namely Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint.
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126331,00.asp>

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