[odf-discuss] Is OpenXML exactly equal to the default Office 2007 format?

[M. Fioretti]

On Tue, May 06, 2008 17:48:01 PM +0100, Alex Brown wrote:
> Marco hi
> 
> MS Office does *not* handle OOXML documents (except by accident)...
> For some evidence, see:
> http://www.griffinbrown.co.uk/blog/default.aspx#a3e2202cd-59a3-4356-8f30-b8eb79735e1a

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for. Actually, just when I
started replying to you, the Google search I was running in the other
window returned http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2031 , where
Sutor says the same thing:

"First, the "official" ECMA OOXML that was submitted to ISO is not
what Microsoft implements in Office 2007"

Other links which prove the same point are always welcome, of
course. Hope these ones are useful to others.

Actually, my memory tells me that there was a thread here last year
where the point "What Office 2007 writes is NOT OpenXml the ISO
standard, hence it is wrong to say that Office 2007 supports OpenXml
today" was demonstrated in detail, but for some reason I can't find it
now.

Thanks again,
			Marco
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