Microsoft Office File Formats and Protocols documentation updated for Office 2010 (Think “Now with added ‘X’ flavor… DocX, PptX, XlsX, etc”)

Microsoft Downloads - Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation

“The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.

Version:	0310a
Date Published:	4/2/2010
Language:	English
Download Size:	150 KB - 330.4 MB*

The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats.

The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of file format relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

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Microsoft Downloads - Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation

“The Office protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.

Version:	0310
Date Published:	4/2/2010
Language:	English
Download Size:	174 KB - 125.6 MB*

The Office protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in Microsoft Office client programs to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products.

The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

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I think it’s a good sign that the MS-DocX specification is only 87 pages… (compared to the 631 pages in the [MS-Doc] specification)

 

(via The Road to Know Where - Microsoft Releases Office 2010 File Formats & Protocol Documentation)

 

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