How to open Micrsoft's so-called Open XML Format

[NoOp]

On 06/27/2007 06:46 PM, Anthony M Simonelli wrote:
> Just got an email today at work with an attached spreadsheet in
> Microsoft Office Open XML Format Spreadsheet format.  I guess it's a
> combination of XML and ZIP technology that they are pushing to make an
> ISO standard document, claiming is is an "open" standard.  
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu at work and I believe Microsoft Office 2007 is the
> only application that view these documents.  Is there a way to view it
> with OpenOffice.org?
> 
> 

If it's a standard Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (*.xml) then you should be
able to open it just fine. If it is a MS 2007 .xlsx or similar, sent it
back to whoever sent it to you and tell them that you do not accept non
ISO standard XML files and to please resend in a format that is
recognized by OOo.

BTW: you can implement a MSWord2007 .docx filter in Ubuntu's OOo by
following this:

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6395/4/

It works in Feisty 7.04.