AUMA provides technical data sheets in the .docx and .xslx format

Muellheim, 1 August 2008

Already some time ago, AUMA changed the format of the technical data sheets to the new Office formats. Some customers were rather angry and could not understand this step, as they still work with former versions of Microsoft Office and cannot handle these formats.

After almost ten years, Microsoft introduced new file formats for nearly all Office applications with its new Office 2007. The letter X was added to all new formats, such as .docx for Word documents or .xlsx for Excel spreadsheets. The X in the new filename extension stands for XML.

XML has become an established standard, also in non-Microsoft products, and facilitates the data exchange between different programs.

And what about the old Office applications?

A new data format always has its problems:
Users of old office applications cannot handle the new format at first.

But Microsoft has also thought of the users of Office 2000, XP and 2003.
Using the free Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack even older Office programs can read or write the new Office 2007 file formats.

Download  Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

The technical data sheets are still also available in PDF format or as a web page.