Microsoft Office File Formats Readme

Microsoft is implementing four new interoperability principles and corresponding actions across its high-volume business products: (1) ensuring open connections; (2) promoting data portability; (3) enhancing support for industry standards; and (4) fostering more open engagement with customers and the industry, including open source communities.

Read the full Microsoft PressPass article: https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-21ExpandInteroperabilityPR.mspx

Microsoft Office File Formats Introduction

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313118.aspx

Microsoft is providing access through open connections to its high-volume products—Windows Vista (including the .NET Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007—so that software developers, business partners, and competitors can better interact with these Microsoft products or invent new solutions for customers.

Important notes about the documentation

  • “Copy Code” button does not currently work in Firefox. It is a known issue that the “Copy Code” button that appears on code samples in an Open Specification does not copy code to the clipboard when the specification is viewed in the Firefox Web browser. Instead of using the button, highlight the code and copy it.

  • Download all interoperability-related PDF documents to the same directory to retain links. If you use the PDF versions of the Open Specifications, be sure to download all of the documents to the same directory. Hyperlinks between specifications require the documents to be in the same directory to work. Note that if you download additional protocol documents from Microsoft, they should also be stored in the same directory to enable linking.

  • Adobe Reader 8.0 provides best readability for documents. For optimal readability of the PDF documents, it is recommended that they be opened and viewed by using Adobe Reader 8.0. Earlier versions of Adobe Reader might not provide the same reading quality.

  • Technical documentation links don’t resolve in Adobe Reader 9. This is a change introduced by Adobe, which has altered the default setting for view mode in Adobe Reader 9. In order to access links, users need to change their settings so that the document is not in view mode.

    1. In Adobe Reader 9, go to the Edit menu and click Preferences. In the Categories list, click Documents.

    2. Under PDF/A View Mode, change the selection from Only for PDF/A documents to Never, and click OK.

Additional details on changing the setting can be located on the Adobe help site: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS3E0E8467-B787-4020-A1D3-6BC762A42DF2.w.html

Documentation Roadmap and Forum Information

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