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Announcement: 2

Office XML, ODF, and Binary File Formats announcement

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    MSDN Office Release Notes - September 2015
    Michelle Hammond Friday, September 11, 2015 4:25 AM

    The September 4, 2015 release contains updates made to the Microsoft Office Protocols documents in relation to the release of Office Desktop 2016 and Skype for Business 2016.

    Microsoft Office File Formats links:

    • Landing Page: Office File Formats
    • Full documentation set (zip):  Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation

    Microsoft Office Protocols links:

    • Landing Page: Office Protocols
    • Full documentation set (zip):  Microsoft Office Protocols Documentation

    Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support links:

    • Landing Page: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Standards Support
    • Full documentation set (zip):  Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support Documentation

    The following new specifications have been added:

    • None.

    The following protocols have been archived:

    • None.

    The following known issues exist in this release:

    • None.
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    Outlook PST File Format Documentation Announcement
    Chris Mullaney Wednesday, November 4, 2009 7:40 PM
    A number of people have inquired about the .pst file format on this forum in the past, and at that time we stated we would provide an update if the .pst file format specification becomes available. This week we announced our documentation plan for the .pst file format specification on the Interoperability @ Microsoft blog,. If you are interested in actively participating in the review of preliminary drafts of the .pst file format specification, send an email message to pstinfo@microsoft.com and then we will contact you when a preliminary draft of the specification is ready for broader review. If you only are seeking the final version, we anticipate releasing the .pst file format specification in the first half of 2010 under our Open Specification Promise.

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    Open Specifications General FAQ

    Open Specifications
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    This material should not be considered as a complete coverage of the frequently asked questions. Its goal is to capture the high-level questions in the Open Specifications ...
    Sticky | 0 Replies | 4558 Views | Created by JCurry - Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:58 PM
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    How does para keep together impact tables?

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    Hi; I think this is easy but I'm not clear on exactly how this works. The following content can easily fit on the page before, but not all of it (the table continues ...
    Unanswered | 9 Replies | 213 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Saturday, December 7, 2019 4:29 PM | Last reply by DavidThi808 - 14 hours 38 minutes ago
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    Weird tmpl val

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    Hi all; I can't put up the docx file because it has private info. But maybe this can be answered quickly. In the numbering.xml file at one place it ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 181 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Wednesday, December 4, 2019 9:54 PM | Last reply by DavidThi808 - Thursday, December 5, 2019 5:12 PM
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    Another bad file

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    Hi; Sorry to ask again so soon. And we can't debug this one ourselves as our customer cannot give us access to their data. So all they can do is give us the bad file. Which makes it ...
    Answered | 6 Replies | 450 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Saturday, November 23, 2019 12:13 AM
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    [MS-OI29500] tblLook/@val additional constants: values correct?

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    Hi, in [MS-OI29500], "2.1.159  Part 1 Section 17.4.56, tblLook (Table Style Conditional Formatting Settings)", four new tblLook/@val constants are listed. ...
    Answered | 8 Replies | 4561 Views | Created by kriro - Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:28 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Friday, November 22, 2019 3:07 AM
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    Typo in EmfPlusSetRenderingOrigin?

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    Hi, please have a look at the documentation of EmfPlusSetRenderingOrigin [1] and the header file [2]. Based on some test EMF files, I assume the x/y fields ...
    Discussion | 2 Replies | 328 Views | Created by kiwiwings - Thursday, November 14, 2019 9:21 PM | Last reply by S Nadendla - Tuesday, November 19, 2019 10:03 PM
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    Clarification on the meaning of inclusive for RectL in MS-EMF

    Open Specifications
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    Hi. Bit of a nitpick, to be ...
    Proposed | 2 Replies | 279 Views | Created by Trejkaz - Friday, November 15, 2019 2:07 AM | Last reply by S Nadendla - Tuesday, November 19, 2019 7:46 PM
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    Bad XLSX file

    Open Specifications
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    Hi; I've been trying but I can't figure out what Excel doesn't like about it. Can you please tell me what is wrong with ATE-3222.xlsx? This file was created by our ...
    Answered | 4 Replies | 329 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Tuesday, November 12, 2019 11:30 PM | Last reply by DavidThi808 - Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:42 PM
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    Using signature From SQL server in Content control returns System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'

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    I have been battling with this for sometime now. And i have not made anything that looks like a Headway.  Now i have added some content controls to an MS word document and i ...
    Answered | 1 Replies | 276 Views | Created by oderis - Monday, October 28, 2019 4:07 PM | Last reply by Edgar A Olougouna - Monday, October 28, 2019 4:38 PM
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    Backstage customisation in Office 365

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    We're currently in the process of moving from Office 2010 to Office 365 In our Office 2010 setup we have a startup template which replaces the standard "New" tab in ...
    Answered | 4 Replies | 430 Views | Created by dankell - Thursday, October 3, 2019 1:40 PM | Last reply by dankell - Monday, October 7, 2019 10:24 AM
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    OLM file format?

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    Does anybody know where I can get technical specifications for the .olm file produced by Outlook for Mac?  I know there are conversion utilities but I need to write my own code for this.  I ...
    Proposed | 7 Replies | 1808 Views | Created by Jeff McKay - Friday, October 2, 2015 5:01 PM | Last reply by daviesbeare - Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:51 AM
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    Shows the wrong screenshot for one object

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    Hi all; This is weird. Take a look at ObjectScreenShot_Duplicate.xlsx. It uses the same screenshot (Image_2.png) as the screenshot to display for each object. ...
    Answered | 3 Replies | 683 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:30 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Friday, September 13, 2019 9:25 PM
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    Where do I find the definition for the several kind of prstDash?

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    The presetShapeDefinitions and the presetTextWarpDefinitions are in c071691_ISO_IEC_29500-1_2016_Electronic_inserts. But I cannot find the definitions for prstDash. I do not mean the illustration in ...
    Proposed | 8 Replies | 518 Views | Created by Regina Henschel - Wednesday, August 7, 2019 10:34 AM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Wednesday, August 21, 2019 11:19 PM
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    Color Brightness correction

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    Open XML Tag <a:schemeClr val="accent1">      <a:shade val="67500" />     <a:satMod ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 427 Views | Created by adesh1606 - Friday, August 2, 2019 12:48 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Wednesday, August 7, 2019 1:00 AM
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    What versions of PowerPoint create colors1.xml and styles1.xml files?

    Open Specifications
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    Could I find out if  'colors1.xml' and 'styles1.xml' files are created only if you use a given version of powerpoint? or a given os? e.g. windows, ...
    Proposed | 4 Replies | 544 Views | Created by mszbot - Thursday, July 18, 2019 5:35 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Saturday, July 20, 2019 3:02 AM
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    How to determine the start of text on the arc of a 'textButton' shape?

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    Hi, start PowerPoint and insert a 'Text Box' shape. Write the following three lines: First line Text is left aligned, ...
    Proposed | 11 Replies | 703 Views | Created by Regina Henschel - Monday, May 27, 2019 8:49 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Wednesday, July 10, 2019 5:47 PM
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    What is the width of an Excel column in twips?

    Open Specifications
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    Hi all; We're hitting a problem where our calculation of a column width is clearly a little different from Excel. Looking at 3.3.1.12, it gives a very detailed explanation except ...
    Proposed | 9 Replies | 682 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Saturday, June 8, 2019 1:50 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Monday, June 24, 2019 5:38 PM
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    Can I use office binary file formats in a commercial closed source software?

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    Includes read/write .doc, .xls, .ppt etc....
    Proposed | 1 Replies | 424 Views | Created by b_q - Monday, May 20, 2019 2:03 PM | Last reply by Obaid Farooqi - Monday, May 20, 2019 9:44 PM
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    Preset shapes for .ppt

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    Hi, we have a working implementation on how to render preset shapes in .pptx in Apache POI, but I don't understand how to apply and calculate preset shapes in ...
    Answered | 11 Replies | 707 Views | Created by Kiwi-Wings - Saturday, May 4, 2019 12:05 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Friday, May 10, 2019 5:38 PM
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    Why is one hyperlink url not seen by PPT?

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    Hi all; Please take a look at ATE-2253.pptx. It has 2 hyperlinks in it: <Relationship Id="rId3" ...
    Answered | 11 Replies | 713 Views | Created by DavidThi808 - Friday, April 19, 2019 8:37 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Thursday, May 9, 2019 3:47 PM
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    Suspicious attribute maxY="ssd2" in presetShape definition of star24 and star32 shape

    Open Specifications
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    Hi, the definition of star24 and star32 in "c071691_ISO_IEC_29500-1_2016_Electronic_inserts\presetShapeDefinitions.xml" has for the XY-handle the attribute maxY="ssd2". All other ...
    Answered | 3 Replies | 736 Views | Created by Regina Henschel - Wednesday, April 17, 2019 3:38 PM | Last reply by Tom Jebo - Wednesday, May 8, 2019 9:53 PM
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Announcement: 2

Office XML, ODF, and Binary File Formats announcement

  • Link
    MSDN Office Release Notes - September 2015
    Michelle Hammond Friday, September 11, 2015 4:25 AM

    The September 4, 2015 release contains updates made to the Microsoft Office Protocols documents in relation to the release of Office Desktop 2016 and Skype for Business 2016.

    Microsoft Office File Formats links:

    • Landing Page: Office File Formats
    • Full documentation set (zip):  Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation

    Microsoft Office Protocols links:

    • Landing Page: Office Protocols
    • Full documentation set (zip):  Microsoft Office Protocols Documentation

    Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support links:

    • Landing Page: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Standards Support
    • Full documentation set (zip):  Word, Excel and PowerPoint Standards Support Documentation

    The following new specifications have been added:

    • None.

    The following protocols have been archived:

    • None.

    The following known issues exist in this release:

    • None.
  • Link
    Outlook PST File Format Documentation Announcement
    Chris Mullaney Wednesday, November 4, 2009 7:40 PM
    A number of people have inquired about the .pst file format on this forum in the past, and at that time we stated we would provide an update if the .pst file format specification becomes available. This week we announced our documentation plan for the .pst file format specification on the Interoperability @ Microsoft blog,. If you are interested in actively participating in the review of preliminary drafts of the .pst file format specification, send an email message to pstinfo@microsoft.com and then we will contact you when a preliminary draft of the specification is ready for broader review. If you only are seeking the final version, we anticipate releasing the .pst file format specification in the first half of 2010 under our Open Specification Promise.
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