[OSGeo-Edu] Microsoft's support of ODF might make it easy to create documentation

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

here is the original announcement:
   Company to sponsor open source project for Open XML-ODF file translation
   to deliver more choice for government customers and their constituents.
   http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jul06/07-06OpenSourceProjectPR.mspx

and a ODF Add-in for Word:
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter

Markus

On 7/7/06, P Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org> wrote:
> For those struggling with choices for creating complex documentation,
> MS-Office might become a usable alternative. See the extracts of news
> items below, and links for the full articles.
>
> --
> 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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