Open Document Format (ODF) Plug-in for MS Office
In 2006, OpenDocument specification was “approved for release as an ISO and IEC International Standard” under the name ISO/IEC 26300:2006. The OpenDocument format is used in open source software as well as in proprietary software. This includes office suites (both offline and web-based) and individual applications such as word-processors, spreadsheets, presentation, and data management applications. Prominent office suites supporting OpenDocument include OpenOffice.org, KOffice, Google Docs, NeoOffice, Zoho, IBM Lotus Symphony and Corel WordPerfect Office X4.
Common Open Document File extensions are:
- .OFT for word processing
- .ODS for spreadsheets
- .ODP for presentations
- .ODG for graphics
- .ODF for formulas, mathematical equations
Unfortunately, Microsoft Office only delivers the ODF support in the first half of 2009 when it releases MS Office 2007 Service Pack 2.
Mac OS X 10.5 offers both a new TextEdit version and QuickLook feature supporting the OpenDocument Text format (albeit with some formatting loss).
Third parties have announced development of conversion software (including plug-ins and filters) to support OpenDocument on Microsofts products. Currently there are nine packages of conversion software.
Sun Microsystems has made a plug-in for all MS Office to add ODF support that you can download today. The plug-in allows MS users to load, edit and save file in ODF format. Several languages are supported.
Download the Plug-in HERE! [Via gHacks]
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