-->Specifies the Word Extensions to the Office Open XML FileFormat, which includes elements and attributes that extend the XML vocabularyfor representing word processing documents as presented in the ISO/IEC-29500specification.
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3/22/2021 | 15.0 | Major | PDF | DOCX |
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3/19/2019 | 11.1 | None | PDF | DOCX |
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4/27/2018 | 10.0 | Major | PDF | DOCX |
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6/7/2010 | 1.03 | Editorial | |
4/30/2010 | 1.02 | Editorial | |
3/31/2010 | 1.01 | Editorial | |
2/19/2010 | 1.0 | Major | |
11/6/2009 | 0.3 | Editorial | |
8/28/2009 | 0.2 | Major | |
7/13/2009 | 0.1 | Major |
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