Yea XML!
Microsoft Corp. announced last week that the next version of its Office software will use Internet-friendly XML technology as the default file format for documents created in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
The new format will make it easier for other programs to read Office documents, an improvement the software titan says is aimed at boosting workers' productivity.
XML, short for eXtensible Markup Language, is designed for sharing diverse data across different systems with a uniform appearance. Previously, Office saved files in a format that doesn't always translate well when opened in other programs.
The file sizes will be much smaller, letting people send files as e-mail attachments more easily. Also, within a single document, the new XML format will store text, charts, images and other chunks of data as separate components. That will make it easier to access the data and recover undamaged parts of any files that get corrupted.
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