http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/17/staroffice.9.final.release/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/staroffice9.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />After brief period of beta testing, Sun says it has released the final version of StarOffice 9, its work suite aimed directly at competing with Microsoft Office. Unlike the Microsoft software, StarOffice is open-source, being based on OpenOffice 3.0; StarOffice 9 is also the first version of Sun's program to be coded natively for the Mac, and allows users to read Microsoft's Open XML format, thou... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/17/staroffice.9.final.release/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/25/ms.open.xml.converter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/24-office-xml-converter.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In addition to its latest Office 2004 XML update and Office 2008 stability update, Microsoft on Tuesday quietly (and finally) released its much-anticipated Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, which allows users to convert Open XML files that were created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for Windows. The software allows them to open, edit, and save the files in earlier versions of Offi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/25/ms.open.xml.converter/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/01/microsoft.wins.ooxml.vote/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/office2007.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's Office Open XML open format for electronic documents has been voted in as a global industry standard by the ISO and IEC, the software company said on Tuesday. The decision, to be officially announced on Wednesday, has been over 14 months in the making. Last September, the standardization was rejected as the format did not receive the required two-thirds of votes from participating nati... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/01/microsoft.wins.ooxml.vote/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/06/ms.open.document.plans/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/interop.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has launched what it calls the Document Interoperability Initiative, a program to test and improve how well certain document formats work across multiple platforms and operating systems. The company will host a series of lab events around the world for this purpose, and today met with other outfits such as Novell, Nuance and Quickoffice at a first event, which was set in Cambridge, Mass... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/06/ms.open.document.plans/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/21/open.xml.converter.021/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/nimagesii/mac_070207_macbubirthday.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has released a new beta of its Open XML File Format Converter for Mac OS X. The utility converts Open XML documents into a format readable by Office v. X or Office 2004 for Mac, and supports batch operations in addition to single-file use. Five different file types can be altered: these include standard and macro-enabled Word documents (.DOCX and .DOCM), as well as PowerPoint shows, te... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/21/open.xml.converter.021/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:15:00 GMT