Office OpenXML

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Office OpenXML

• Pau Larsen
• Teknologi Specialist
• Microsoft

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The Role of XMLOffice File Formats XML
Evolution
Office 2003 Breakthrough XML Support WordML,
SpreadsheetML Custom-defined schema
Office 2007 New XML-based Formats XML File format
Default XML PowerPoint Format
Office 2000 Early Innovation XML Document
Properties
Office XP First XML Formats Spreadsheet XML
Office 97 Existing binary file formats designed
in 1994, launched in Office 97
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New File Formats
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File Format Compatibility

• Compatibility Mode
• Office 2007 file formats fully editable back to
  Office 2000
• Artwork, Charts, Diagrams use Office 2000-2003
  format
• Office 2007 features disallowed by Office 2007
  interface
• Compatibility Checker enforces interoperability
• Enabled for Office 2003 AND Office 2007 formats

Office 2007
Office 2003, XP, 2000

• Upgrade to Full Functionality Mode
• Enables full Office 2007 functionality
• Bulk converter available to convert full
  repositories

Office 2003, XP, 2000
Office 2007

• Downgrade to Compatibility Mode
• Office 2007 features downgrade to Office 2003
  features
• Compatibility Checker assists in downgrade
  process
• Some artwork is rasterized (can be rehydrated)
• Some structural information lost (XML Bindings,
  Building block information)

Office 2007
Office 2003, XP, 2000
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The Role of XMLEvolving Customer Scenarios
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Developing against the formats

• Fully Documented Formats
• Freely available for download with a royalty free
  license
• Office file format schemas - Used to validate
  content for a given part
• .NET 3.0 Package APIs
• Access/maintain parts and relationships within a
  file
• Takes care of all ZIP level functionality
• XML
• Xpath -within content
• XML DOM - Manipulating content
• Office Open XML Resource Kit
• Tools for constructing and deconstructing the new
  file formats

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Building An Open Community

• www.OpenXMLDeveloper.org
• Formed to provide Open XML Formats developers
  with a forum for the free exchange of ideas,
  technical support, tips and tools related to all
  Open XML Formats issues
• Open to anyone free of charge to enable broad
  participation and development of solutions using
  the Open XML Formats on any platform