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Originally Posted by calvin-c
Don't think I've heard of that version of XML. I assume it means 'Object Oriented' XML which makes no sense as XML is already Object Oriented. So it's probably Microsoft's name for its own
'standard'. Won't be the first time Microsoft has foisted off a shoddy, proprietary, standard on the unknowing.
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You know, you're dead... well, right actually
Office Open XML, now an ISO standard because they basically bought the ISO process. See above ISO-bashing I did.
And no, you can take option 5 - open it in Open Office, which works fine for anything but massively complex excel spreadsheets, and for those the compatibility pack tends to fall over anyway*.
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I've never had any problem with the compatibility pack, BTW-but that's just me. I have read quite a few stories about problems with it.
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Yea, I admit I've had *issues with it.