Open XML Translator 1.0 Released
Posted in: Apple, Microsoft, Screenshots, Software, Today's ChiliThis article was written on February 02, 2007 by CyberNet.
Eight months ago, and together with three partners, Microsoft started and funded an Open XML Translator project. Version 1.0 of the plugin has been released with plans for a spreadsheet and presentation translator plugin ready for previews in May, and a final release in November, 2007.
This plugin facilitates the conversion of documents from one format to the other. For example, if you are using Microsoft Word with the plug-in, you can choose to open and save documents in ODF instead of the Opem XML format, the new industry standard.
Tom Robertson who is the general manager for Interoperability and Standards at Microsoft says,
“We believe in delivering interoperability by design; in this case, by working with partners and members of the open source community we have achieved that goal. The translator project has been built to be independent of any one application, and has proved to be useful for both Microsoft and our competitors in solving an interoperability challenge for customers.â€
The plug-in can be downloaded at SourceForge.net, and since the project started, it has been downloaded over 50,000 times. Many small businesses who can’t afford Microsoft’s products usually select OpenOffice.org as an alternative. If you receive a document from someone who uses OpenOffice, you won’t have to worry about how you’ll open it by using the ODF Converter.
People that use OpenOffice most-likely save their documents in Word format to begin with, just to make sure it works for everyone. However, every now and then you’ll come across documents that would be nice to open up without needing an additional application which is when this plugin would be useful.
It’s good to see Microsoft taking interoperability seriously and providing funds and resources to make it happen.
The official Microsoft press release can be found here.
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