An XML map allows a business to arrange data stored in XML documents so that the information can be easily imported into a predefined table in an application such as Microsoft Excel. In this way, the ...

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a data-management system based on flat files. It is is widely used by small businesses because of its portability and its compatibility with multiple platforms. It ...

With the look and feel of Microsoft's Office suite, OpenOffice offers much of the functionality of Word, Excel and other Office applications. Some people consider OpenOffice a threat to Microsoft's ...

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"), ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the file ...

Open XML competes with the open source Open Document Format, used by open source office suites such as OpenOffice and StarOffice. Such suites have the look and feel of Microsoft's Office suite, ...