140 questions with Office Open Specifications tags

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When is the "o:gfxdata" element in the DOCX format actually used by MSWORD? Is it only specific versions?

I have recently wondered if the "o:gfxdata" element in OOXML files (docx) is actually ever used by MSWORD, and if so, by which versions and to what end? This element is added to images and graphic objects when I embed them in Word.

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
909 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-12-24T07:47:33.2566667+00:00
answered 2024-12-26T22:15:53.78+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,791 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What OOXML can I enter in a PPTX to password protect the presentation?

I have a PPTX and I want to make it password protected programatically by inserting OOXML. When I try to check the Diff of a non-protected and protected document, the files in the password protected OOXML are encrypted and the only line that is human…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
320 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-02-14T22:05:19.4866667+00:00
Ian Peterson 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-12-11T16:58:32.8066667+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,791 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Where is the parameter <w10:wrap> located in the binary file doc?

Hello, I am trying to convert a binary doc file to docx. When I did the conversion using MS Word, I see inside the docx (in document.xml) parameter: w10:wrap, located inside <v:shape> group. I can't find where is this parameter in binary…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
909 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,804 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-10-24T09:55:44.73+00:00
Vlado 40 Reputation points
accepted 2024-12-10T15:18:53.8966667+00:00
Vlado 40 Reputation points
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Open XML SDK tool - Does it retains formatting for Rich Text Area field.

I wanted to inquire about the tool – Open XML SDK for office, used for text processing. We are using this tool with our import data feature. Below is the use case for the same: ·        We will be importing the word/PDF docs into a Rich Text Area field…

Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,804 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,107 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,216 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
941 questions
asked 2024-09-20T04:55:05.1433333+00:00
Kirti Rastogi 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-09-20T17:26:47.8533333+00:00
Tom Jebo 2,076 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

syntax definition of structure-reference misses brackets

Assume you have an Excel Table named myData. And this Excel Table has first row with labels Name, Gender, Class, Age and Time . With the syntax rules for structure-reference starting on page 37 in [MS-XLSX] - v20240416, I get this construction: Gender is…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,216 questions
asked 2024-08-04T17:31:06.3533333+00:00
Regina Henschel 201 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-11T08:58:38.3+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 26,606 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't find the http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2015/06/chart schema to download

Hello Microsoft Team! I have a problem with an XML schema, I can't find it anywhere. I tried here: https://zcusa.951200.xyz/en-us/openspecs/office_standards/ms-odrawxml/bdc95a77-957c-40f8-9ef2-47cbcdeb8af2 but without success, I can't find nothing…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,107 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,216 questions
asked 2024-08-13T08:00:45.3566667+00:00
VM 25 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-09-02T05:40:59.1466667+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 26,606 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How is "character unit" defined?

The OOXML standard (part 1) uses the term "character unit" in various places, for example in the definition of attribute firstLineChars. But it does not define the term "character unit". The file [MS-DOCX] has neither a…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-08-06T17:37:34.77+00:00
Regina Henschel 201 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-20T19:18:38.01+00:00
Tom Jebo 2,076 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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What does XFS = 16*XF [XFCRC 16*4050XFExt], and this 16 * and 16*4050 mean in excel in XLS format?

When looking at the composition in excel in xls format, I noticed that there is a section in there that is XFS, which represents the contents of the set of XFs. XFS = 16* XF [XFCRC 16* 4050XFExt] I think it means that there are 16 XFs, and then the next…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-08-09T00:55:05.0933333+00:00
zurmokeeper 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-09T21:40:08.9133333+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,791 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Retrieve the Numbered Bullet Number from Word Document Table Cell with OpenXml

We are working on an application which reads the MS Word document template having information entered in a specific table. The first column of the table holds the Steps number in numbered bullet list format. We have tried many alternatives to read the…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-08-06T11:48:38.8+00:00
Solanke, Sunil (Pune) 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-09T05:22:25.1533333+00:00
Solanke, Sunil (Pune) 0 Reputation points
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Do I need '_DataSpaces' in Excel's file encryption process?

→ The picture above shows the result of unpacking after performing integrated encryption through the Office program. → The picture above is the result of unpacked after encrypting through the source I wrote. In the above two cases, there was a…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
2,052 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-08-07T06:51:35.4733333+00:00
jh.ryu 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-08T23:09:40.7366667+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,791 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

How is "character unit" defined?

The OOXML standard (part 1) uses the term "character unit" in various places, for example in the definition of attribute firstLineChars. But it does not define the term "character unit". The file [MS-DOCX] has neither a…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-08-06T17:58:16.59+00:00
Regina Henschel 201 Reputation points
0 answers

How is "character unit" defined?

The OOXML standard (part 1) uses the term "character unit" in various places, for example in the definition of attribute firstLineChars. But it does not define the term "character unit". The file [MS-DOCX] has neither a…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-08-06T17:32:53.3166667+00:00
Regina Henschel 201 Reputation points
2 answers

PowerPoint emits an error when trying to save a file that opened without problems.

PowerPoint opens the presentation without problems, but emits an error when trying to save it, and then the file is saved without problems, ie the files works fine after saving. The solution I seek is how to modify the xml files of the presentation (I…

PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
320 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,107 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-07-30T10:39:54.57+00:00
Stefan Krabbe 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-08-02T00:10:02.0366667+00:00
Tom Jebo 2,076 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to encrypt excel in xls format?

How to encrypt excel in xls format? This document below only talks about some algorithms and processes for decryption, it doesn't explain how to encrypt? link

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-07-26T10:01:51.32+00:00
zurmokeeper 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-07-29T18:25:26.4133333+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,791 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

text rectangle in pie shape has top and right value exchanged in the standard

Start PowerPoint. Draw a Pie shape (UI Partial Circle) that is wider than high. Add some text to the shape with alignment left. Copy that shape and insert it. Save the file. Now open the file markup and replace in one of the shapes the prstGeom with a…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-07-22T10:00:33.49+00:00
Regina Henschel 201 Reputation points
accepted 2024-07-23T00:08:39.4166667+00:00
Regina Henschel 201 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

All Application and their methods to be used by CreateObject

With reference to [MS-VBAL], section 6.1.2.8.1.4 about CreateObject function, it is mentioned that the 'Class' argument has a string data value, containing the application name and class of the object to create. After some exploration i found that you…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-06-26T07:02:21.5533333+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
accepted 2024-06-30T08:37:22.56+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
1 answer

docx generated using OpenXml does not show form elements in MS Word

We use OpenXml to covert html to word. This generated word file does not show radio buttons and check boxes when opened in MS word. It used to show but with recent windows updates, radio buttons and check boxes disappeared. Html contains form…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
909 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,107 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-05-16T15:21:41.92+00:00
Kalyan Alapati 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-06-09T11:32:57.7833333+00:00
Kalyan Alapati 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Clarification on 'WordDocument' stream in OLE file format

Hi, I am trying to parse a '.doc' file (OLE file) in Python. I am trying to understand the structure of the 'WordDocument' stream inside the file. With reference to [MS-DOC] and [MS-CFB], it is known that this stream must be present and have the FIB…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-06-02T11:43:36.5766667+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
accepted 2024-06-08T06:27:15.7666667+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Clarification on picture placement and location in OLE file format

Hi, I am parsing a '.doc' file in python (OLE). I was looking at [MS-CFB] and [MS-DOC] and i am unable to find a reference to find the following: Where (at what offset/sector) can i find (multiple) images that are in my file? In the 'WordDocument'…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-06-02T12:01:04.7433333+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
accepted 2024-06-05T07:53:54.2+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Documentation on formats of stream objects in OLE files.

Hi, I am trying to parse a ".doc" file (Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document) (OLE), and I am looking for some documentation. I found the following…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
140 questions
asked 2024-05-31T10:52:43.25+00:00
Parth Gupta 180 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-06-03T22:05:43.5466667+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,791 Reputation points Microsoft Employee