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Office 2007 SP2 Supports Open Document Format Natively
May 17, 2009
Microsoft Update installed Office 2007 SP2 the other day. Upon using Excel for the first time since I was surprised to find that I could save in Open Document Format (ODF), this is true also for Word (see screenshot below) and PowerPoint. I was not expecting this support until Office 2010, so great work on Microsoft's behalf to implement ODF support earlier than promised.
Unfortunately ODF is not set to the default file format. I urge all Microsoft Office users to stop using (Microsoft) Office Open XML (OOXML, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx) format immediately and to start using ODF formats (.odt, .ods, .odp).
To change the default file format go Office Orb -> Word Options -> Save -> Save files in this format -> OpenDocument Text (*.odt). Then click OK to save this preference. Repeat for Excel and PowerPoint.
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