To learn more about these steps, continue reading. It is possible to enable or disable the same setting using Local Group Policy Editor. To use this utility to turn this option on or off, follow these ...

The problem can occur when the Word file you are trying to open has a different file extension than the file you are attaching. It happens when you convert the file manually. There can be other ...

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...

The International Organization for Standardization announced it has granted international standard status to the Open Document Format, an open, XML-based suite of applications. The major international ...

The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector. The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The recent decision by the Open Document Foundation to ...

Anyone wondering why Microsoft is on the open source warpath need look no further than Norway's recent decision to mandatory government use of the Open Document Format (ODF) for an explanation. While ...

Ubuntu's Gnome-based graphical user interface lets you open and view business documents saved in the PDF format using the Nautilus file manager and a few mouse clicks. Since Ubuntu is a Linux ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...

In its continuing embrace of open standards, IBM plans to support the Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF) in a version of its Workplace Managed Client 2.6, which is due out early next ...

I know this is not really a pure Linux type question, but could an open source office file format help the computing community in general. MS Word's .doc is the de facto standard right now and it ...