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Word 2007 XML Ruling: How will it affect me?

December 24th, 2009 | Add a Comment

Microsoft has been ordered to pay $290m to i4i, following a long-running patent spat with the firm over an XML – or extensible mark-up language – custom editor present in some editions of MS Word. Microsoft only has until 11 January to remove the custom XML functionality – just five months on from the original August 2009 ruling. Microsoft released the following patch in October: 2007 Microsoft Office Supplement Release (October 2009) Microsoft has released a supplement for Office 2007 (October 2009). The following patch is required for the United States. The patch will work with all Office 2007 languages. 2007 Microsoft Office Supplemental Release (October 2009) .img 12.9 MB After this patch is installed, Word will no longer read the Custom XML elements contained within DOCX, DOCM, or XML files. These files will continue … Read entire article »

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