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

[Alex Brown]

Marco hi

MS Office does *not* handle OOXML documents (except by accident) - it claims
to use the earlier Ecma 376 specification (i.e. what OOXML was at the point it
was submitted to ISO).

MS would need to modify Office if they wanted to make it "catch up" with the
changes the ISO process made to the format.

For some evidence, see:

http://www.griffinbrown.co.uk/blog/default.aspx#a3e2202cd-59a3-4356-8f30-b8eb79735e1a

- Alex.



"M. Fioretti" <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I _seem_ to remember that this is not the case, but all I found
> to support such a memory is this page:
> 
> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-55332/freaky-format
> 
> Basically I have the feeling that I read somewhere that 100$ pure OpenXML
> is _not_ what you get when you save files today in Office 2007, not as a
> default
> at least, and that Office 2007 can _read_ OpenXml files, but not _write_
> them. Do I remember well (if yes, further links which prove it are
> welcome!) or not?
> 
> TIA,
>                Marco