Brian Jones: Open XML Formats

I'm Brian Jones, a program manager in Office. I've been working on the XML functionality and file formats in Office for about 5 years now. In this blog, I'll mainly focus on XML in Office and the Open XML File Formats coming in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

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Focus on WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, customer defined schema support, and default Open XML Formats being standardized in Ecma TC-45.

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Creating a PresentationML file with .Net

There is a new article up on the OpenXMLDeveloper.org site showing how to build a basic PresentationML file from text entered into a control. It lets you create numerous slides and specify the title and body for each slide. Check it out: http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2006/08/01/424.aspx Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:21 PM by BrianJones | 2 Comments

Filed under: Office 2007, PowerPoint, 3rd Party Tools

Intro to PresentationML part 1 - Core architecture and the "presentation" part

I've really dropped the ball here over the past several months. I'd been meaning to post some example PresentationML files and give everyone a walkthrough of the format, but I keep falling behind. Sorry folks. Today, I'd like to give you a basic overview Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2006 10:41 AM by BrianJones | 2 Comments

Filed under: Office 2007, PowerPoint