Thursday, June 30, 2005
Metalogix Migration Manager 3.0 for SharePoint
Enterprise scale content migration just got easier! Migration Manager 3.0 is the next generation in content migration software from Metalogix, giving content administrators the ability to manage the entire migration process.
Metalogix Viewpoint
Metalogix Viewpoint is a new powerful and easy-to-use SharePoint navigation and modeling tool. It has never been easier to create SharePoint sites, lists and libraries or navigate through portal sites.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Telerik Controls for Sharepoint
Teleriks site for SharePoint controls is now up at http://www.sharepointcontrols.com/.
It currently hosts the telerik r.a.d.editor - a high-end WYSIWYG content editor, implemented as a WebPart easy integration in SharePoint.
It currently hosts the telerik r.a.d.editor - a high-end WYSIWYG content editor, implemented as a WebPart easy integration in SharePoint.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Tech-Ed 2005; The Elephant That Wasn't There
The ObjectWatch Newsletter #50 is now ready! This issue's feature article is "Tech-Ed 2005; The Elephant That Wasn't There".
This article reports on Microsoft's major Tech-Ed 2005 conference in Orlando earlier this month. This was the conference at which Microsoft laid out its strategy for redefining Corporate IT by directly challenging You-Know-Who. Or maybe you don't, because Microsoft never mentioned the company that is now its primary target for oblivion. Don't miss this unique perspective on this important conference.
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This article reports on Microsoft's major Tech-Ed 2005 conference in Orlando earlier this month. This was the conference at which Microsoft laid out its strategy for redefining Corporate IT by directly challenging You-Know-Who. Or maybe you don't, because Microsoft never mentioned the company that is now its primary target for oblivion. Don't miss this unique perspective on this important conference.
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Microsoft Plans An Alternative To Ajax
Microsoft have stated it's developing a tool code-named Atlas that provides developers with tools designed to ease creation of AJAX-style applications. An early version of the software will be made available to developers at the company's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles in September.
More: CNET - More: InformationWeek - More: EWeek
update - check Scotts blog
More: CNET - More: InformationWeek - More: EWeek
update - check Scotts blog
Monday, June 27, 2005
BizTalk Adapter for SharePoint v2
From Jan ...
There is a new version of the BizTalk Adapter for SharePoint released on the GotDotNet Workspace.
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There is a new version of the BizTalk Adapter for SharePoint released on the GotDotNet Workspace.
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
Monitoring SharePoint Usage through an ASP.NET Web Application
Article Monitoring SharePoint Usage through an ASP.NET Web Application
By Gayan Peiris
Some more interesting SharePoint articles by Gaylan are listed here.
By Gayan Peiris
Some more interesting SharePoint articles by Gaylan are listed here.
Friday, June 24, 2005
RSS support / Simple List Extensions in Longhorn
Microsoft have announced support for RSS in the next version of the Windows (Longhorn) ... it is being designed to make it simple for end users to discover, view and subscribe to RSS feeds, as well as make it easier for developers to incorporate the rich capabilities of RSS into their applications.
In addition, Microsoft announced Simple List Extensions, a set of extensions to RSS that can be used to enable Web sites to publish lists such as of photo albums, music playlists and top 10 lists as RSS feeds. Microsoft is making the specification freely available via the Creative Commons license.
The RSS support in the Longhorn platform includes the following:
In addition, Microsoft announced Simple List Extensions, a set of extensions to RSS that can be used to enable Web sites to publish lists such as of photo albums, music playlists and top 10 lists as RSS feeds. Microsoft is making the specification freely available via the Creative Commons license.
The RSS support in the Longhorn platform includes the following:
- Common RSS Feed List. This core feature of Windows maintains a common list of the user's subscriptions across all applications. This allows the user to subscribe to a feed once and have all RSS-enabled applications able to access the common list to view the subscriptions.
- Common RSS Data Store. A common data store will provide a single location where applications can access content that has been downloaded to the PC via RSS, including text, pictures, audio, calendar events, documents and just about anything else. All applications will have access to this content for creating rich user experiences.
- RSS Platform Sync Engine. The sync engine will automatically download data and enclosures for use by any application. The engine is designed for efficiency, using idle network bandwidth whenever possible to limit the effect on the user's Internet experience. Developers can use the platform to get RSS data without having to manage details such as synchronization schedules or subscriptions.
TechEd 2005 - webcasts and slides download
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Ministry of Sound - MCMS and WM Digital Rights
The new Ministry of Sound downloads shop is now open ... powered by Microsoft Content Management Server & Microsoft Commerce Server and protected by Windows Media DRM.
Free sample - Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Max Graham Vs Yes (Klonhertz Dub)
Free sample - Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Max Graham Vs Yes (Klonhertz Dub)
Free Book - Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers
MSDN has made 2 books available for free download ...
Implementing multi-language CMS.RAPID
From Vincent Rothwell - ArtemisCorp ...If you want different languages in MCMS then you would normally have separate channels per language, CMS.RAPID does not prevent you from being able to do this it just provides an alternate way where different languages are stored within the same Page (Posting). CMS.RAPID will handle showing the appropriate content depending on the selected language.
CMS.RAPID uses XML templates to define the layout of a page. These templates also make use of 'Base' templates which allow you to define the overall layout (header, footers, navigation, images etc) which appear on every page. CMS.RAPID can use different XML templates for each language. The templates in turn load standard ASP.Net (System.Web.UserControl) controls to generate the content. Mostly (but they don't have to) they inherit from one of the CMS.RAPID base classes and use XML and XSLT to produce the output. It is possible for CMS.RAPID to use different XSLT for each language.
When using the multi-language functionality built into CMS.RAPID postings are shared between languages. This means that if you want to change the content on one page you get to change the content for each language on that single page (using the Telerik tabbed multi-language control). RapidBlue shows this concept.
In order to accommodate the different languages each posting has separate DisplayNames and PageTitles for each languages (This is on the Language tab of the posting properties). CMS.RAPID will use these when generating the XML for that posting so that the appropriate language is displayed.
So that the navigation shows the correct languages there are also channel properties which allow different names to be specified for each language for each channel. This again automatically switches based on the current language.
The RapidBlue is a simple demonstration of what can be achieved without any modification to CMS.RAPID, which is why some text is hard-coded into the XML and XSLT. CMS.RAPID is designed to be extended though and it would not take much effort to implement your own resource management which could be implemented in a number of ways.
1- Post-process the XML before it is transformed using the XSLT. Here you could translate text within the XML so that the XSLT does not have to. You could also add the resources for the current language to the XML, which could then be used by the XSLT to pick the appropriate text for the current language.
2- Write an ASP.Net (or CMS.RAPID) control which selects the translated text at runtime. This could then be used in the XML templates where you wish to hard-code some text, but still have it translated.
I suspect that you would use both of these methods (with some additional of your own) to ensure that the correct translation was performed at the correct time.
As stated CMS.RAPID does not prevent you from using traditional approaches to multi-language MCMS it just provides you with another option.
The CMS.RAPID approach allows customers to maintain only one channel hierarchy for each language. Also if another language is required in the future you simply add it in a site setting. You will still need to add the translation for each page/channel but it will always display the default language you specify until the translation is available.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Sybari acquisition complete
Microsoft have announced the completion of its acquisition of Sybari Software Inc. Originally announced Feb. 8, the acquisition of Sybari adds a critical security component to Microsoft's efforts to help enterprise customers become more secure.
Press Release : SharePoint+
Press Release : SharePoint+
Microsoft Pro Photo Website
The Microsoft Pro Photo Website has gone live ... aimed towards building community among professional photographers on the Windows platform.
Monday, June 20, 2005
Ultimate Developer and Power User Tools List
From Greg Hughes ...
My friend and coworker Scott Hanselman has updated his Ultimate Developer and Power User Tools List for 2005. All techies and geeks (especially developers) should check it out.
My friend and coworker Scott Hanselman has updated his Ultimate Developer and Power User Tools List for 2005. All techies and geeks (especially developers) should check it out.
RAPIDExtras - Telerik Multi-lingual
More community additions to the CMS.RAPID framework have been published on RAPIDExtras including :- Telerik Multilingual - allows the use of the rich Telerik editing experience within the RAPID multilingual framework
- TopLevel Taxonomy - listing control which simply shows the first level in the taxonomy hierarchy together with the pages located within that level of the taxonomy
- PagesInPageCategories - provides a listing control that shows the pages across the site within a certain metadata category - this can be used to provide a related items feature or indeed alternative topic-based navigation
- PagesInXPathChannels - a navigation control which allows posting data to be listed for Channels other than the current channel - this is useful for navigation system which needs to show pages across the whole site
- HTMLPageBuilder for RAPID1.0 - allows the use of HTML in the XMLTemplates rather than using the normal Panel structure
SQL Server 2005 Features Comparison
A good comparison of the features of SQL 2005 by edition ...
Sunday, June 19, 2005
SharePoint and Lotus integration/migration
From Joris Poelmans / Michael Greth ...
... a useful set of links about SharePoint and Lotus migration / integration
... a useful set of links about SharePoint and Lotus migration / integration
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Get Free Windows Mobile 'Today Screen' Themes
Friday, June 17, 2005
Sky interactive TV
The news is out - Sky TV have unveiled an interactive TV portal that will give digital satellite viewers access to Web-based business and personal home pages. The service will be available without subscription to Sky's 7.7m existing pay-TV homes, as well as those paying the one-off fee for its Freesat proposition. Sky doesn't intend to charge Web site operators wishing to launch on the new portal.
DotNet Factory's SharePoint Explorer
Just tried the DotNet Factory's SharePoint Explorer that provides a friendly tree-based interface that allows users to quickly see accessible sites and perform common SharePoint tasks.
Unlike the numerous other SharePoint Explorer menu controls, this works as an IE add-in Explorer Bar and I found it a very convenient and practical way to work with the vast number of SharePoint resources I have access to.
More (PDF) : video
Unlike the numerous other SharePoint Explorer menu controls, this works as an IE add-in Explorer Bar and I found it a very convenient and practical way to work with the vast number of SharePoint resources I have access to.
More (PDF) : video
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Nick Mayhew
Its Nick Mayhew's last day tomorrow in his role as CMS.RAPID Launch Director as he is moving with his family from the UK to Sydney for a couple of years.
Many thanks Nick for your very valuable contribution to the CMS.RAPID initiative which has definitely made huge impact on its success and I know has been greatly appreciated by everyone in the CMS.RAPID community.
Best of luck for your new adventures and I hope they lead you to a role which keeps you involved in some way to continue your valued influence on Microsoft portal solutions and CMS.RAPID.
Many thanks Nick for your very valuable contribution to the CMS.RAPID initiative which has definitely made huge impact on its success and I know has been greatly appreciated by everyone in the CMS.RAPID community.
Best of luck for your new adventures and I hope they lead you to a role which keeps you involved in some way to continue your valued influence on Microsoft portal solutions and CMS.RAPID.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
See you at TechEd Europe
Ive just registered for TechEd Europe - see you at the CMS/SharePoint booth and Ask the Experts ... along with Arpan Shah, Justin Chandoo, Stefan Gossner, Spence Harbar, Patrick Tisseghem, Tony Sloggett (CMS.RAPID) and Svetozar Georgiev (Telerik).
Set the MAC address of a Virtual Machine
I was asked yesterday how to prevent the MAC address of a Virtual Machine from changing ... because AchieveForms was using this as part of its licensing. I found the answer here .
Digi-link Revelation
Ive previously mentioned Digi-link Revelation as a simple cost effective solution to enable offline working with SharePoint.
Hot off the press is a new Digi-link Sales Sheet.
If you are a SharePoint evangelist then try asking ivor@digi-link.com for a free permanent key (tell Ivor you read my blog).
Hot off the press is a new Digi-link Sales Sheet.
If you are a SharePoint evangelist then try asking ivor@digi-link.com for a free permanent key (tell Ivor you read my blog).
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
CMS.RAPID HTML Builder
The XML rendering framework in RAPID uses a Panel Builder to wrap the RAPID components (parts) and panels (zones) into appropriate DIV tags which along with CSS stylesheets create best practise 'Accessible' HTML.However, this approach does take longer to produce than HTML with tables and inline styling and is sometimes not an ideal approach when trying to quickly assemble a site - for example, to create a sales demo.
Artemis have released today the HTML Builder which is an alternative renderer that enables traditional HTML page development.
Its available to download from http://www.cmsrapid.com/RAPIDExtras.
And there is another new and very exciting Page Renderer on the horizon to support what Nick teased about yesterday.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Skelta SharePoint Workflow Accelerator 'Best of Teched 2005' winner
Congratulations to Skelta!!
Skelta SharePoint Workflow Accelerator won at Best of TechEd 2005 awards in the Software Components & Middleware category.
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Enhanced SharePoint Search
From Fitz ...
... the most interesting new thing I saw all day - Ontolica ... created a shrink-wrapped add-on for SPS and WSS that rips out our default search UI and replaces it with something much, much nicer, much more powerful, and much more flexible. If you were thinking about replacing or supplmenting our native search technology with someone else's, I'd encourage you to look at this first. Their enhanced UI will show you just how powerful SPS search engine really is.
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Also check out Longitude Search for SharePoint Portal .
... the most interesting new thing I saw all day - Ontolica ... created a shrink-wrapped add-on for SPS and WSS that rips out our default search UI and replaces it with something much, much nicer, much more powerful, and much more flexible. If you were thinking about replacing or supplmenting our native search technology with someone else's, I'd encourage you to look at this first. Their enhanced UI will show you just how powerful SPS search engine really is.
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Also check out Longitude Search for SharePoint Portal .
Developer Project Kick Start for SharePoint
http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/sharepointdevkickstart ... workspace providing developer kick start for SharePoint Products and Technologies - contains an initial Visual Studio .NET solution for customing SharePoint site definitions and web parts.
HP's SharePoint 2003 Sizing and Configuration Tool V2.0.
From Penny Coventry ...
... HP releases new version of their SharePoint Sizing and Configuration Tool V2.0.
... HP releases new version of their SharePoint Sizing and Configuration Tool V2.0.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Internet Explorer tabbed browsing
Microsoft has introduced tabbed browsing to its existing Internet Explorer 6 browser ... the facility comes with the new MSN Search Toolbar made available this week.
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Acrylic Technology Preview
Yet another image tool from Microsoft ... "Acrylic" is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in print, web, video, and interactive media.
Download a trial (beta) version of the Acrylic software.
Download a trial (beta) version of the Acrylic software.
Move, Dock, Resize, Align, Expand, Collapse and More
Great free product from ComponentArt!
Snap for ASP.NET enables rich DHTML positioning of any ASP.NET content including moving, docking, expanding/collapsing, aligning, floating, resizing, and z-ordering.
Try the live demos
Snap for ASP.NET enables rich DHTML positioning of any ASP.NET content including moving, docking, expanding/collapsing, aligning, floating, resizing, and z-ordering.Try the live demos
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Understanding Microsoft's Integration Technologies (whitepaper)
From Scott Woodgate ...
This whitepaper is a collaborative effort between members of the MSMQ, 'Indigo', SQL SSIS, SQL SSB, SQL Replication, Host Integration Server and BizTalk Server teams. The whitepaper describes the core use-cases for these technologies and when to use which technology.
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This whitepaper is a collaborative effort between members of the MSMQ, 'Indigo', SQL SSIS, SQL SSB, SQL Replication, Host Integration Server and BizTalk Server teams. The whitepaper describes the core use-cases for these technologies and when to use which technology.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Codezone
Codezone has launched ... this is a portal that acts as an aggregation hub for technology articles, web sites, blogs, discussions and events. Its value comes from you contributing resources that will be useful to other like-minded developers.Codezone UK
PDC05 ... Developer information on CMS/SPS vNext
The Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2005 site has gone live.
13th to 16th September - Los Angeles Convention Center.
This will be the first chance to get in depth developer information on CMS/SPS vNext and the wide array of server and client technologies that make up the next generation of the Microsoft Office System. Track includes:
13th to 16th September - Los Angeles Convention Center.
This will be the first chance to get in depth developer information on CMS/SPS vNext and the wide array of server and client technologies that make up the next generation of the Microsoft Office System. Track includes:
- What's New in "Office 12" and Windows SharePoint Services "v3"
- Enterprise Content Lifecycle Technology and Extensibility
- Assembling, Repurposing, and Manipulating Document Content Using the New Office File Format
- Developing an End-to-End Document Workflow Solution Using Office Client and Server Technologies
- Outlook Integration: Building Messaging and Collaboration Solutions with New "Outlook 12" Extensibility
- Advancements in Document, Content, and Data Storage in Windows SharePoint Services "v3" Platform
- Creating Office Application Customizations with Visual Studio Tools for Office "v3"
- Surfacing Your Application's Line-of-Business Data in Office Clients
- Surfacing Your Application's Line-Of-Business Data and Actions Within Enterprise Portals
- Programming Against Microsoft Office System Search Technology
MCMS 2002 Service Pack 2
From Andrew Connell at TechEd ...
Support for .NET 2.0 / Whidbey and SQL Server 2005 will be provided by MCMS 2002 Service Pack 2 was announced by Arpan.
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Support for .NET 2.0 / Whidbey and SQL Server 2005 will be provided by MCMS 2002 Service Pack 2 was announced by Arpan.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005
CMS.RAPIDExtras launched
RAPIDExtras launched today ... this is a library of extensions, samples and add-ons to CMS.RAPID.First items available are :
- RAPIDBlue - a new multilanguage solution site from ArtemisCorp
- A control that uses the Sharepoint search index to deliver 'related pages' listings from Martyn Johnson at Diagonal Solutions
Skelta Workflow Lite launched
Further to my blog entry about Skelta Workflow Lite (free) being launched at TechEd ...
... Andrew Connell reports from TechEd and confirms that the announcement was made in Arpans session.
... Andrew Connell reports from TechEd and confirms that the announcement was made in Arpans session.
Announcing VSTO 2005 for Outlook 2003
From Paul Stubbs ...
During Steve Ballmer's keynote speech he announced VSTO for Outlook. Now in addition to Word and Excel, you can create Outlook add-ins using VSTO 2005 for Office 2003. VSTO will create managed add-ins for Outlook that will appear to Outlook as a COM add-in. VSTO for Outlook also fixes some of the problems associated with managed add-ins for Outlook.
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MSDN:
During Steve Ballmer's keynote speech he announced VSTO for Outlook. Now in addition to Word and Excel, you can create Outlook add-ins using VSTO 2005 for Office 2003. VSTO will create managed add-ins for Outlook that will appear to Outlook as a COM add-in. VSTO for Outlook also fixes some of the problems associated with managed add-ins for Outlook.
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MSDN:
- Introducing Outlook Add-in Support in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
- Creating an Outlook Task Add-in Solution with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
- Architecture of the Outlook Add-in Support in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
Downloads:
Visual Studio 2005 / SQL Server 2005 launch dates set
At TechEd Day 2 keynote, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of Server Applications at Microsoft, showed the company's continued momentum in preparation for the launch of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006, and announced that these products will be formally launched during the week of Nov 7.
Press Release
Press Release
Workshare - document integrity solutions for SharePoint
Workshare have introduced integration between Workshare Professional 4.0 and SharePoint Products and Technologies, guaranteeing single master tracking and enabling the secure sharing of documents inside and outside of the perimeter.
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Future of Office - be the first to know
Office 12 Preview site goes live - where over the next few months the exciting new capabilities that will be part of the next version of Microsoft Office will appear.
Monday, June 06, 2005
Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0
Announced by Steve Ballmer at the Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote is the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0.
MSFP delivers specialized features that will greatly benefit mobile information workers. Specifically, it enhances the Outlook Mobile experience through 'direct push' technology; makes mobile messaging more scalable and helps businesses better manage their mobile devices.
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Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote - Delivering New Value to the Business
MSFP delivers specialized features that will greatly benefit mobile information workers. Specifically, it enhances the Outlook Mobile experience through 'direct push' technology; makes mobile messaging more scalable and helps businesses better manage their mobile devices.
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Tech-Ed 2005 Keynote - Delivering New Value to the Business
WorkflowGen integration with SPS 2003
Another workflow solution for SharePoint ...
WorkflowGen workflow software enables you to build a dynamic integration with SPS by simply setting up ready-to-use connectors.
WorkflowGen workflow software enables you to build a dynamic integration with SPS by simply setting up ready-to-use connectors.
Ministry of Sound CMS Video Case Study
Latest aggregator from Start.com
From MSN Search Weblog ...
Do you want to see the latest aggregator from Start.com? They launched a preview of their latest aggregator last night. In addition to having a slick new look, the site has search results integration, stock and weather modules, and a search history. The URL to the new aggregator can be found after you solve a puzzle at http://www.start.com/3 (don't worry MSN Search's Instant Answers are available to help). Have fun playing with the new site.
Do you want to see the latest aggregator from Start.com? They launched a preview of their latest aggregator last night. In addition to having a slick new look, the site has search results integration, stock and weather modules, and a search history. The URL to the new aggregator can be found after you solve a puzzle at http://www.start.com/3 (don't worry MSN Search's Instant Answers are available to help). Have fun playing with the new site.
Sunday, June 05, 2005
r.a.d.Editor Web Part beta
Telerik have made available a beta version of their r.a.d.Editor Web Part.
It can be downloaded from here .
Questions and suggestions should be sent to betasupport@telerik.com.
It can be downloaded from here .
Questions and suggestions should be sent to betasupport@telerik.com.
Friday, June 03, 2005
New XXX domain for sexually explicit web sites
A proposal to create net domains ending .xxx for sexually explicit sites has been approved by ICANN, the body that oversees the Internet addressing system.
Pornographic websites will be encouraged to move to the new domains to make it easier for people to filter and avoid them.
More.
ICANN also recently approved the new domains .jobs and .travel, and negotiations are continuing for .cat, .post, .mobi, .asia, .mail and .tel.
More.
Pornographic websites will be encouraged to move to the new domains to make it easier for people to filter and avoid them.
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ICANN also recently approved the new domains .jobs and .travel, and negotiations are continuing for .cat, .post, .mobi, .asia, .mail and .tel.
More.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Office 12 XML based file formats
Microsoft have announced that the next version of Office will include a new XML-based file format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint that will deliver more compact, robust files, improved data interoperability, and an open and royalty free license for technology providers.