Chris Capossela, who runs product management for the Office family of products, dropped by to see me to dribble out more details about the next version of Microsoft Office (currently dubbed "12"), ...

Microsoft said Thursday that XML would be the default file format for three applications when it ships Office 12 late next year. The company said its new Microsoft Office Open XML Formats would be ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...