Doug Mahugh
Microsoft Interoperability Team
Brussels DII workshop
I participated in the DII workshop in Brussels earlier this week, where I got a chance to catch up...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 12/04/2008
Links for 11-17-2008
Zeyad Rajabi has started a series of very useful hands-on posts over on Brian Jones's blog about...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 11/17/2008
ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC (OIC TC)
I’ve had a few people ask recently whether Microsoft would be participating in the OIC TC, and I’m...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 11/12/2008
Miscellaneous links for Halloween
Stephen McGibbon has screenshots of the Open XML and ODF support coming in Windows 7 Wordpad, as...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 10/31/2008
DII Workshop Recap
The latest DII workshop took place in Redmond over the last two days. There were presentations at...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 10/26/2008
Weeks of links for 10-20-2008
I've fallen a few weeks behind on posting links to various articles and blog posts, so this post is...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 10/20/2008
DII workshop, October 23-24 in Redmond
Based on feedback from the DII workshop in Redmond this summer, we're making plans to host another...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 09/23/2008
Open XML SDK, XMLSpy Standard Edition, and custom markup
Where the heck did August go? A few links from the last month ... Open XML SDK V2. The first CTP of...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 09/08/2008
Guiding principles for Office’s ODF implementation
This blog post covers the main presentation from our ODF workshop that took place in Redmond last...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/05/2008
ODF workshop in Redmond
We had our ODF workshop today in Redmond, and it was a busy day full of interesting conversation...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/31/2008
Planning the maintenance of IS29500
I'm in London this week for meetings with SC 34 Ad-Hoc Group 1 (AHG1) and Ecma TC45. I suppose...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/23/2008
Links for 07-15-2008
Eric White on Linq and Open XML. Eric White has been posting some great code samples lately,...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/15/2008
DII Workshop on SP2 and ODF
We’re holding a workshop in Redmond on July 30 to talk about our ODF support in Office 2007 SP2....
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/10/2008
My new role in Office interoperability
Brian Jones mentioned on his blog yesterday that he’s going to be pretty focused on Office 14 going...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/01/2008
Updated binary formats documentation
We have announced today the release of version 1.0 of technical documentation for a variety of...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/30/2008
Open XML links for 06-22-2008
Here are some interesting blog posts from the last week, as well as a few items I had missed while I...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/22/2008
Open XML diff tools
When learning about Open XML or developing Open XML solutions, it's very common to find yourself...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/18/2008
Open XML Power Tools
Hot on the heels of the release of Version 1 of the Open XML SDK earlier this week, Eric White has...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/12/2008
Open XML SDK Version 1 released
Version 1 of the Open XML SDK is now available for free download from MSDN. Here are the links: Open...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/10/2008
Open XML SDK session at TechEd
This afternoon at TechEd, Zeyad Rajabi demonstrated some of the ways developers can use the Open XML...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/04/2008
TechEd Orlando
If you're at TechEd in Orlando this week, come on by the Open XML booth to get a copy of the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/03/2008
Office support for document format standards
If you're an Office 2007 user, the image above probably looks pretty familiar. But look close, and...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/21/2008
DAISY translator released
I was traveling on Tuesday/Wednesday this week and wasn't around when the news came out, but the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/09/2008
OpenOffice 3.0 beta can read docx/xslx/pptx formats
The beta code for OpenOffice 3.0 has been released, and it includes Open XML read support: Behind...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/09/2008
ODF conformance tests
Spring is in the air, and many a young man's thoughts turn to the matter of ODF compliance. Well,...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/30/2008
Altova upgrades tools for Open XML developers
Altova has announced an upgrade to the Altova MissionKit bundle with several changes of interest to...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/29/2008
M1 Beta CTP of binary translator project
The binary translator project has reached its first milestone: release of a CTP (Community...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/24/2008
Open XML SDK
The April CTP version is now available, and Erika Ehrli has all the details.
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/18/2008
Open XML links for 04-17-2008
Like a few other people, I've been taking a break from blogging since the Open XML vote was final,...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/17/2008
IS29500
The national bodies have been notified of the results of the ISO/IEC process, and the outcome is now...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/01/2008
Open XML Resources for Developers
Like many people, I thought we'd know the official outcome of the DIS 29500 process today, but it...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/31/2008
PIKOM meeting in Malaysia
I'm in Malaysia this week for several meetings, including a briefing set up by PIKOM, a Malaysian...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/20/2008
Open XML SDK roadmap
After nine months of developer feedback on the Open XML SDK, we have some good news today: a roadmap...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/13/2008
US V1 technical committee votes to recommend Approval of DIS 29500
I just got off a 3-hour call with my colleagues on the V1 technical committee, in which I and the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/07/2008
BRM results publicly available
I see over on Alex Brown's blog that the results of the BRM are publicly available now. There are...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/06/2008