Office 2007 SP2 to have wider document support
I believe Microsoft is really committed to promote interoperability with other vendors, even when they are direct competitors. Recently announcement on inclusion of ODF and PDF support into Office 2007...
View ArticleCompatibility Pack for Office 2007 file format does not render
I created a Word 2007 file with data binding to a CustomXML part When I open it in Word 2003 with the capability pack installed, the data is not displayed. After some investigation, I open up the...
View ArticleReplace content of element inside Content Controls with data bound value from...
In my previous post I discovered that Content Controls in WordprocessingML files which has data binding to a CustomXML part will not render properly. However, this ONLY apply if you programmatically...
View ArticleOpenXML Format SDK v1.0 RTMed
Erika Ehrli annouced the availability of OpenXML Format SDK 1.0 at her blog. I am downloading and testing it out now.
View ArticleNovell OpenOffice developer speaks on why we need client side apps
Some may look at this interview as a Sun bashing post but I think its more on why client side apps like OpenOffice (or MS Office) is still relevant despite more companies coming out with online apps...
View ArticleWordprocessingML document generator with XML Schema tagging
Word documents can be tagged with elements from XML schema and also programmatically inject value into it. With OpenXML SDK and LINQ to XML, all these are even easier! Below are the steps. Create a...
View ArticlePDF on OpenXML Doc Gen walkthrough
I made a PDF available here for yesterday’s post so that you can have a better view on the source codes.
View ArticleOpen Office documents in Firefox
Microsoft released a open source project to create a Firefox based plugin to open OpenXML documents created by MS Office 2007 (or other Office versions with compat pack). This is to facilitate people...
View ArticleCreate a doc gen template in Word 2007 and insert data using .NET
Since Microsoft introduces the OpenXML format, one key innovation enabled for developers is the ease of manipulate the content of Office documents without using any additional component. What you need...
View ArticleOpen XML SDK open sourced
OpenXML is the document forward used by Microsoft Office since Office 2007 on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It carries an extra ‘X’ at the end of its extension i.e. docx, xlsx, pptx. Microsoft also made...
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