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Open and Save Files in Formats Supported by Word

December 1, 2007 12:00am PST

A file format defines the way that information is stored in a file, so that a specific program can open and save that file. A file's format is indicated by a three-letter or four-letter extension...

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Microsoft Portable Executable and Common Object File Format Specification

February 15, 2008 12:00am PST

This specification describes the structure of executable (image) files and object files under the Windows family of operating systems. These files are referred to as Portable Executable (PE) and...

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Convert a Database to the Access 2007 File Format

February 18, 2007 12:00am PST

The user can convert a database that was created by using Microsoft Office Access 2003, Access 2002, Access 2000, or Access 97 to the new Microsoft Office Access 2007 file format. The user should...

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Excel Formatting And Features That Are Not Transferred To Other File Formats

June 5, 2007 12:00am PDT

The Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Workbook format (.xlsx) preserves all worksheet and chart data, formatting, and other features available in Office Excel 2007, and Macro-Enabled Workbook format...

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Webcasts

Microsoft Office System Webcast: Compatibility Tips for the 2007 Office System File Formats - Collaborating With Users of Earlier Versions (Level 300)

December 6, 2007 12:00am PST

The new file formats for the 2007 Office release offer tremendous benefits, from better security to easier editing. So, if concerns over the need to roundtrip documents between the 2007 Office...

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Microsoft Office System Webcast: Compatibility Tips for the 2007 Office System File Formats: Collaborating With Users of Earlier Versions (Level 300)

December 6, 2007 12:00am PST

The new file formats for the 2007 Office release offer tremendous benefits, from better security to easier editing. So, if concerns over the need to roundtrip documents between the 2007 Office...

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Book Chapters

Simplify administrative automation in Windows: Scripting in WSF file format

July 6, 2006 12:00am PDT

Microsoft Windows Administrator's Automation Toolkit offers tips and tools for automating administrative tasks in Windows, including 120 full working scripts, most in WSF file format. This sample...

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Choosing A File Format For Web Graphics

June 5, 2007 12:00am PDT

Nearly all graphics on the Internet are either JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) format. Other file formats, such as PNG (Portable Network Graphics)...

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Standardisation and Licensing of Microsoft's Office Open XML File Formats

January 1, 2008 12:00am PST

eXtensible Markup Language ('XML') is a standard for describing content data in a manner that facilitates the sharing of such content across different systems and applications1. Over the last 10...

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Software

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats 4.0 (Windows)

January 6, 2010 12:00am PST

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and...

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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats 4.0 (Windows)

January 6, 2010 12:00am PST

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and...

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Case Studies

Software Developer Makes File Format Conversion Quick and Easy With Open XML

June 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

Panergy Software develops products for customers who use less-common technologies and written languages. The company took advantage of Open XML Formats to create docXConverter, which converts...

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Case Studies

United Kingdom Retailer Uses New File Format to Support Global Business Integration

January 1, 2008 12:00am PST

JML is one of the United Kingdom's best recognised online and television retailers. The company sells a range of home and household items that it sources from suppliers worldwide. The company's...

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Use Data Stored In Other File Formats When Building A Project Plan

June 5, 2007 12:00am PDT

As a project manager, you may need to integrate data from different programs into your Microsoft Office Project plans. For example, you may start out listing your Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)...

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Master file and format management in Microsoft Office 2007

March 7, 2007 12:00am PST

For the first time in a decade, Microsoft has rolled out an all-new user interface for Office. Menus and toolbars are gone. For the core programs in the Office family, you now interact with the...

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And eat it too: High read performance in write-optimized HPC I/O middleware file formats

November 15, 2009 12:00am PST

As HPC applications run on increasingly high process counts on larger and larger machines, both the frequency of checkpoints needed for fault tolerance and the resolution and size of Data Analysis...

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Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack 2007 File Formats 1 (Windows)

December 7, 2006 12:00am PST

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Blog Posts

How do I print a PDF document in Microsoft Office 2007?

May 22, 2008 9:34am PDT

With the release of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft introduced a file format called XPS. It is similar to PDF in that you can save a file to this format and share or print it at a later date....

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2007 Office System Sample: Manipulating Office Open XML Formats Files 2 (Windows)

August 30, 2007 12:00am PDT

2007 Office System Sample: Manipulating Office Open XML Formats Files is a set of sample files and Visual Studio project files that illustrate how to manipulate Office Open XML format documents...

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2007 Office System Sample: Manipulating Office Open XML Formats Files 2 (Windows)

August 30, 2007 12:00am PDT

2007 Office System Sample: Manipulating Office Open XML Formats Files is a set of sample files and Visual Studio project files that illustrate how to manipulate Office Open XML format documents...

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