Let’s get started. 1] Open XML file in MS Excel It may sound strange, but MS Excel can handle XML data. It allows you to open XML documents and view or edit their content.

Click on the "Data" menu in Excel and choose "XML," then "XML Source" to open the "XML Source" task pane. Click on the "XML Maps" button, then click "Add" and choose the XML map file you created ...

Highlight the data file and then click "Import" to map the data directly to the spreadsheet under the table information, recreating the XML table within your Excel spreadsheet.

Comments backing the file format, coming mostly from groups and companies outside the United States, have been posted on a new Microsoft-sponsored Web site called Open XML Community.

X users can both open Word and PowerPoint Open XML files and save in those formats using beta converters MBU has issued. No such converter has been released that handles Excel 2007’s Open XML ...

Microsoft has announced that Office 2013 will support two new document formats: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2, in addition to Word opening and editing PDF files.

Late last week, the Microsoft MacBU issued an update to the Office Open XML Converter 0.1.1, which converts Office Open XML files (used by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming Office 2008 ...

Microsoft is trumpeting support for its Office Open XML document file format as an international standard from more than 300 companies and organizations on a new "community" Web site set up by the ...