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Altova DiffDog® 2011 includes enhanced support to diff/merge Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) files.

Many diff/merge tools treat Office Open XML (OOXML) files as binary file types that are simply recognized as identical or different based on file size and modification date. DiffDog® 2011 empowers you to compare and display detailed differences in the contents of Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML file pairs. You can even merge differences in OOXML files.

Office Open XML (also commonly known as OOXML or OpenXML) is a powerful emerging specification for electronic documents and is the default file format for the popular Microsoft Office 2007 suite. Recently approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as an International Standard, OOXML was originally developed by Microsoft to replace the binary file formats that it had traditionally used for data storage.

Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML comparisons are selected from the DiffDog® 2011 Directory Compare window since, like directories, they contain multiple files.

Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML files that appear in a Directory Compare window are identified with a unique icon.

Compare Microsoft Office OOXML Documents

Open Office XML (OOXML) files are created by Microsoft Office 2007 (and higher) applications and can be thought of as a specialized form of a ZIP archive that acts as a wrapper around multiple individual XML files. DiffDog® 2011 lets you examine files within pairs of Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML documents and even merge differences in either direction, with full support for all the advanced XML-aware differencing options DiffDog offers during XML file comparisons.

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In the screenshot below, the files named app.xml stored inside two Microsoft Word 2007 documents are shown in File Compare view. The app.xml file stores document statistics.

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You can also display and edit file pairs stored inside Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML files in Grid View. In many cases Grid View can provide a more easily comprehensible representation of the file contents.

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Now you can apply the advanced capabilities of Altova DiffDog® 2011 to perform detailed comparisons of Microsoft Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML files, identify differences, and even merge changes with unprecedented accuracy, efficiency, and convenience. This functionality complements the OOXML capabilities of Altova XMLSpy® 2011, MapForce® 2011, and StyleVision® 2011, to give all developers a comprehensive set of tools to work with the Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML files.

Let DiffDog® 2011 track down the differences in your Office 2007 (and higher) OOXML files – download a free trial today!