Chaps, this a new "news" article and I can't quite figure it yet but
take a look...
http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=32228
"Today, Microsoft announced that it was making new commitments to
document interoperability within its Office product line for Windows.
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add native support for OpenDocument
Format (ODF) 1.1, PDF 1.5, PDF/A and XML Paper Specification, an
XML-based fixed-document format created by Microsoft.
Microsoft did not say in the announcement whether the Macintosh editions
of Office would support any additional document formats. Office 2004 for
Mac still lacks a full implementation of the Ecma 376 version of OOXML
that Microsoft introduced with Office 2007.
In a surprise move, the company also announced that it intends to
participate in the OASIS ODF working group and the corresponding ISO/IEC
Joint Technical Committee 1 Subcommittee 34 working groups for ODF, as
well as the ISO Technical Committee 171 working group for PDF, said Doug
Mahugh, senior product manager for Microsoft Office."
And more importantly:
"However, the company is not quick to embrace its own creation. Mahugh
stated that Microsoft would not implement the final ISO version of OOXML
until Office 14 ships at an unstated date in the future. This variant of
OOXML was designated ISO/IEC 29500 at the time it was certified as an
ISO International standard in April."
Go Figure???
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