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The Open XML file formats can be used in many development environments, because they're based on very common technologies: ZIP and XML. In this video, Datta Kulkarni and Sanjay Kumar of Sonata Software (Bangalore, India) demonstrate a proof-of-concept Open XML application their team has…

Open XML documents are simply ZIP packages, but they follow a standardized architecture called the Open Packaging Convention. You can work with OPC packages (as used by Open XML, XPS, and various other formats) using simple tools such as WINZIP and Notepad, but if you're trying to be productive…

Julien Chable has been working on an open-source API project that would give Java developers a tool for rapid development of Open XML solutions. Since the Java environment doesn't have the .NET Framework 3.0 packaging API (System.IO.Packaging) to support the low-level details, the first phase of…

In this screencast, Office program manager Kevin Boske demos three code snippets for Visual Studio 2005 for working with Office Open XML files using the System.IO.Packaging namespace from .NET 3.0. Office Open XML is a file format standardized by Ecma. It is the new default file format for Word,…

In this screencast, program manager Amani Ahmed demonstrates how to create a Word 2007 template which can transfer data seamlessly to and from a SharePoint document library using content controls. See also Part 1 of this demonstration with Travis Ratnam. Related links: Tristan Davis's post…

In this screencast, Word program manager Travis Ratnam demonstrates the rich integration of Word 2007 and Sharepoint. See also Part 2 of this demonstration with Amani Ahmed. Related links: Tristan Davis's post on Content Controls Word Team Blog

In this video, Dr. Peter Ernst of CoCreate (a Microsoft Partner in Germany) demonstrates how their One Space Designer product is tightly integrated with Sharepoint to enable bi-directional communication between a CAD application and Sharepoint workspaces. A custom panel within One Space Designer…

In this screencast, Word Program Manager Zeyad Rajabi gives an overview of the new building blocks feature in Microsoft Office Word 2007. Building blocks are parts of a document that can be reused.  For example, a company logo image with a text slogan could be stored as a reusable cover page…