25. Integrating with XML and InfoPath 2010
One of Microsoft’s primary selling points for Office 2010 is the capability of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access to export and import documents and data in Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0. Structured documents and relational data stored as XML files can be exchanged between multiple business applications running under different operating systems. Interchangeability is the driving force behind the widespread adoption of XML as the twenty-first century standard for sharing information.
Microsoft’s stated goal for Office 2010 is to make the Office Open XML (ECMA 376 and ISO/IEC 29500:2008, also called OOXML or OpenXML) format an “open standards” alternative to proprietary Microsoft file formats ...
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