Ecma Office Open XML File Formats Standard

Available Documents:

The final draft of the Office Open XML v1.0 format is available in 5 separate parts (in the PDF format) as well as 6 accompanying electronic annexes as listed below:

Part 1 - Fundamentals

Download PDF of part 1

Part 2 - Open Packaging Conventions

Download PDF of part 2

Download W3C XML Schema files for part 2

Download Informative RelaxNG files for part 2

Part 3 - Primer

Download PDF of part 3

Part 4 - Markup Language Reference

Download PDF of part 4

Download W3C XML Schema files for part 4

Download electronic annex for SpreadsheetML Cell and Table Style Definitions

Download electronic annex for DrawingML Pre-Defined Shape and Text Warp Geometries

Download informative RelaxNG files for part 4

Part 5 - Markup Compatibility and Extensibility

Download PDF of part 5

Alternative Representations of Final Draft

The committee has also made the Standard available in two alternative formats for informational purposes:

Tagged PDF (uses document structure tags for better accessibility)

Part 1 - Fundamentals

Download tagged PDF of part 1

Part 2 - Open Packaging Conventions

Download tagged PDF of part 2

Part 3 - Primer

Download tagged PDF of part 3

Part 4 - Markup Language Reference

Download tagged PDF of part 4

Part 5 - Markup Compatibility and Extensibility

Download tagged PDF of part 5

WordprocessingML format

Part 1 - Fundamentals

Download DOCX of part 1

Part 2 - Open Packaging Conventions

Download DOCX of part 2

Part 3 - Primer

Download DOCX of part 3

Part 4 - Markup Language Reference

Download DOCX of part 4

Part 5 - Markup Compatibility and Extensibility

Download DOCX of part 5

The 1.4 draft of the Office Open XML Format standard has been broken into separate parts, as follows:

Download PDF format of part 1: "Fundamentals"

Download PDF format of part 2: "Open Packaging Conventions"

Download PDF format of part 3: "Primer"

Download PDF format of part 4: "Markup Language Reference"

Download PDF format of part 5: "Markup Compatibility"

The 1.4 working draft is also available using the WordprocessingML schema as defined in the 1.4 working draft:

Download DOCX format of part 1: "Fundamentals"

Download DOCX format of part 2: "Open Packaging Conventions"

Download DOCX format of part 3: "Primer"

Download DOCX format of part 4: "Markup Language Reference"

Download DOCX format of part 5: "Markup Compatibility"

Reference Schemas:

See the complete list of XSD schema files for the 1.4 working draft of the Office Open XML Formats (link soon to come)

Note: TC45 plans to provide the Office Open XML Schemas in the Relax-NG format as an informative section in a future draft, in addition to the normative W3C XML Schema Definitions

Previously Available Documents from working draft 1.3:

Read the 1.3 working draft of the Office Open XML Format standard:

Download PDF format Ecma TC45 OOXML Standard - Draft 1.3

Download Office Open XML format (.docx) Ecma TC45 OOXML Standard - Draft 1.3

Reference Schemas from working draft 1.3:

See the complete list of XSD schema files for the 1.3 working draft Office Open XML Formats.

Download schemas Ecma TC45 OOXML Standard Schemas - Draft 1.3

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