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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.
Start with an empty presentation. Insert a SmartArt diagram of type "Radial Cluster". Enter some dummy content, e.g. the words Center, Top, Right, Left. Save the file. Unpack the file and examine layout1.xml. You will find attributes…
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.
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I have an element <dgm:fillClrLst meth="span" hueDir="ccw"> <a:schemeClr val="accent2"/> <a:schemeClr val="accent3"/> </dgm:fillClrLst> According to chapter 21.4.7.38 ST_HueDir…
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The layout definition for a SmartArt diagram has for example <dgm:shape type="conn" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" r:blip=""> <dgm:adjLst/> </dgm:shape> …
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I have a question about differential formatting attributes of table element in a spreadsheet. The element 18.5.1.2 table defines several attributes that reference differential formatting: dataDxfId headerRowBorderDxfId headerRowDxfId …
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.
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We have implemented a WebDav server in our product using the following protocol https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_protocols/MS-OCPROTO/2d268a23-420b-4339-8c56-9e4f8a924171 In step 1 of the spec, it says "The protocol client sends an…
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.
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When PowerPoint exports to ODF format (file extension .odp), then it writes draw:id attributes without associated xml:id attribute. That is invalid, see https://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.4/cs01/schemas/OpenDocument-v1.4-schema.rng You…
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.
Hi, I have a question about this document: https://windwardstudios.box.com/s/7gomh2ugumj0per8z5e1cbzulwgbnt30 The result in the DOCX is 3 separate paragraphs with field codes, however when I look at the document.xml, all of the content is held within…
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The issue involves style1.xml and color1.xml files being ignored by chart1.xml for style information, despite adherence to the valid schema as per the documentation at ECMA-376 and MS-OE376. After converting to .xlsx, the chart defaults to style id=2…
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.
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I have this PPTX my company's software generates and when opening it in powerpoint it prompts that it requires a repair. I compared the repaired version to the broken version with the Open XML Productivity tool and manually went through a lot of the…
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.
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Existing bibliography styles include templates such as: <xsl:template name="templ_prop_Hyphens"> <xsl:param name="LCID" /> <xsl:variable name="_LCID"> <xsl:call-template…
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![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(268.8, 11%, 36%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EAP%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The standard states for the attribute scaled of the element <lin> in §20.1.8.41 in ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016(E), Mathematically, if this flag is true, then the gradient vector ( cos x , sin x ) is scaled by the width (w) and height (h) of the fill…
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The element <upArrow> is missing in presetShapeDefinitions.xml. Could you please provide its markup?
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.
Using C# and OpenXML, given a font name and its height, I need to calculate the exact row height in pixels in order to draw an Excel spreadsheet in a CAD software. What I have done so far: I have been able to accurately calculate a column width given…
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An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
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If you set a custom <a:tileRect> for rectangle or radial gradient fill, then the rendering is strange. I know, that the flip attribute of OOXML is not supported, but the description in Section 2.1.1297.a in [MS-OI29500] works neither. If the tile…
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Hello, I have a document where there is a continuous section break on the first page, followed by a page break and then a next-page section break on the following page. I am confused why it appears this way as the OOXML for the document shows the…
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Hi, We are looking to restrict copy functionality in WOPI Excel read-only modus. We tested and found that the ‘ProtectInClient’ currently works on WOPI production which blocks copy for end users. However, the available documentation on this property…
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I have a question why the color changes in a specific document when "Update Field" is clicked. Our application creates output from a template. In the download link is the template file (TocUpdateIssueTemplate.docx) and the output generated…
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A gradient fill of a shape is defined by an element <a:gradFill>. It has a child element <a:path>. For a rectangular gradient it is e.g. <a:path path="rect"> <a:fillToRect l="10000" t="30000"…
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.
Hello, I am working with an old doc (binary) format. Specifically processing tables. I would just like to ask, is there a reliable way to detect if the next row of a table already belongs to another table? In most cases, I have successfully…
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.
Hello, I have a question about this simplified document: https://windwardstudios.box.com/s/8cr6e5gnqbfp87h62lh3ymogxuw7yn9t If you place your cursor on "Tester" in the table of contents, if you click on the styles you will notice the style is…
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.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(246.4, 73%, 33%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EP%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
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