OpenDocument Microsoft Office 2007



microsoft backs open-source effort support opendocument in office 2007, earlier versions (up office 2000), through converter add-in word, excel , powerpoint, , command-line utility. of 2008, project supports conversion between odf , office open xml file formats 3 applications. according odf alliance support falls short , substantial improvements still needed interoperability in real-world situations. third-party plugins able read, edit , save iso-standard open document format (odf) available separate download.


office 2007 service pack 2 adds native support opendocument format. odf alliance has released test results on odf support of office 2007 sp2, concluding office odf support, both sp2 , other add-ons, have serious shortcomings that, left unaddressed, break open standards based interoperability marketplace, governments, demanding . particularly, sp2 has no support encrypted odf files , has limited interoperability other odf spreadsheet implementations.


the iso/iec 26300 opendocument standard specifies encryption of files, based on sha1, blowfish, , rfc 2898. microsoft office 2007 sp2 not support reading , writing encrypted (password protected) odf files. users presented message: “cannot use password protection using odf format.”


the iso/iec 26300 opendocument standard has no spreadsheet formula language included (or referenced) in standard specification. office 2007 sp2 uses spreadsheet formula language specified in iso/iec 29500 office open xml open standard when creating odf documents. according odf alliance report odf spreadsheets created in excel 2007 sp2 not in fact conform odf 1.1 because excel 2007 incorrectly encodes formulas cell addresses. section 8.3.1 of odf 1.1 says addresses in formulas start [ , end ] . in excel 2007 cell addresses not enclosed necessary square brackets. iso/iec 26300 specification states semantics , syntax depends on used namespace, implementation dependent, leaving syntax implementation defined well.


microsoft stated consider adding support official odf formula language (openformula), once future version of iso/iec 26300 standard specification includes one.


microsoft s odf spreadsheet support in sp2 not inter-operable other implementations of opendocument, such ibm symphony, use non-standardized openoffice.org 2.x formula language, , openoffice.org 3.x, uses draft of openformula. company had reportedly stated odf 1.1 ambiguous or incomplete, office implementation can guided current practice in openoffice.org, mainly, , other implementations including koffice , abiword. peter amstein , microsoft office team reluctant make liberal use of extension mechanisms, though provided in odf 1.1. want avoid appearance of embrace-extend attempt.


the eu investigated microsoft office opendocument format support see if provided consumers greater choice.








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