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OOXML

Office Open XML Document
Word 2013 Icon.PNG
Filename extension .docx, .docm
Internet media type application/vnd.
openxmlformats-officedocument.
wordprocessingml.
document
Developed by Microsoft, Ecma, ISO/IEC
Initial release 7 December 2006; 10 years ago (2006-12-07)
Latest release
3rd edition
(15 August 2012; 4 years ago (2012-08-15))
Type of format Document file format
Extended from XML, DOC, WordProcessingML
Standard ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500
Website ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500-1:2012
Office Open XML Presentation
Filename extension .pptx, .pptm
Internet media type application/vnd.
openxmlformats-officedocument.
presentationml.
presentation
Developed by Microsoft, Ecma, ISO/IEC
Initial release 7 December 2006; 10 years ago (2006-12-07)
Latest release
3rd edition
(29 June 2011; 5 years ago (2011-06-29))
Type of format Presentation
Extended from XML, PPT
Standard ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500
Website ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500:2008
Office Open XML Workbook
Filename extension .xlsx, .xlsm
Internet media type application/vnd.
openxmlformats-officedocument.
spreadsheetml.
sheet
Developed by Microsoft, Ecma, ISO/IEC
Initial release 7 December 2006; 10 years ago (2006-12-07)
Latest release
3rd edition
(29 June 2011; 5 years ago (2011-06-29))
Type of format Spreadsheet
Extended from XML, XLS, SpreadsheetML
Standard ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500
Website ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500:2008

Office Open XML (also informally known as OOXML or Microsoft Open XML (MOX)) is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. The format was initially standardised by Ecma (as ECMA-376), and by the ISO and IEC (as ISO/IEC 29500) in later versions.

Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, the Office Open XML file formats have become the default target file format of Microsoft Office.Microsoft Office 2010 provides read support for ECMA-376, read/write support for ISO/IEC 29500 Transitional, and read support for ISO/IEC 29500 Strict.Microsoft Office 2013 and Microsoft Office 2016 additionally support both reading and writing of ISO/IEC 29500 Strict.

In 2000, Microsoft released an initial version of an XML-based format for Microsoft Excel, which was incorporated in Office XP. In 2002, a new file format for Microsoft Word followed. The Excel and Word formats—known as the Microsoft Office XML formats—were later incorporated into the 2003 release of Microsoft Office.

Microsoft announced in November 2005 that it would co-sponsor standardization of the new version of their XML-based formats through Ecma International as "Office Open XML". The presentation was made to Ecma by Microsoft's Jean Paoli and Isabelle Valet-Harper.


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