Found 1 record for the .SXW file extension name
.wps - Microsoft Works document
.pub - Microsoft Publisher document
.xls - Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet
.odt - OpenOffice.org Writer text document
.docx - Microsoft Word 2007 XML based document file format
.pps - Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow
.ods - OpenOffice.org Calc Spreadsheet file
.pages - iWork Pages document file
file extension SXW - OpenOffice.org Writer document
.SXWFile extension SXW description:
Document file created by StarOffice Writer, included with Sun Microsystem's StarOffice. Based on the OpenDocument XML format and is also compatible with OpenOffice.org Writer. This document format is used in OpenOffice.org version 1.0.
OpenOffice.org is a mature, open source, front office applications suite with the advantage of a saved file format based on an open XML DTD. This gives users and developers an extraordinary amount of flexibility and power in dealing with work produced in OpenOffice.org. In this article, Uche Ogbuji introduces the OpenOffice file format and explains its advantages.
When markup advocates attempt to convince an audience of the value of breakthroughs such as XML, they almost invariably give the example of the proprietary, binary file format -- and the most common bogey is the saved word processor file. Discussion of precursors to XML file formats usually include comma-delimited file formats, which are very often used for import and export of spreadsheets and databases. The saved files from front-office, or just office tools -- word processors, spreadsheets, presentation software, contact managers, and the like -- hold an inordinate amount of the data that represents users' knowledge. Your notes, memos, proposals, analyses, plans, and organizational tools are on the front line of knowledge management. When you upgrade or migrate any such software, one major concern is whether the new arrangement will import your old files. When you perform backups you usually start with these office files.
Vendors know this and understand the nuances of making their proprietary file formats important enough to force your loyalty, while making their tools flexible enough to accept the files of competitors. But markup advocates -- and XML advocates in particular -- point out that you needn't even submit to such seemingly benevolent captivity. "Why shouldn't you have 100% control over such crucial data?", goes the argument, and furthermore, "Why should you not be able to simply open the file with any text viewer and have some chance of understanding the contents?" XML has been offered as a solution. Not only is XML plain text, but it comes with a toolkit that makes it possible to convert between different XML formats. It is offered as a salve for transparency as well as interoperability.
As one would expect, an increasing number of office tools offer XML output. Recently Microsoft has made a huge to-do about the XML integration and export capabilities in the latest version of its office suite. The OpenOffice.org project, which produces a complete, open-source office suite derived from StarOffice, uses XML for its core file formats, rather than as a separate export option. OpenOffice includes a word processor, spreadsheet, a presentation tool, and a graphics/diagramming tool. It's been around a long time (it emerged around 1994) and has acquired the polish and features you would expect of any such office suite.
The stake-holders in OpenOffice.org -- the contributors and users on the OpenOffice.org Web site -- have all committed to making its file format as open and general as possible, in the hopes of fostering greater interoperability and flexibility among office file formats. To further this goal, they have contributed the file formats to a new technical committee (TC) of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). I am a founding member of this committee, and I think that the OpenOffice format can be a valuable community resource for connecting the human-readable documents we use in our work and communication to the sorts of metadata management that can enhance the aggregate value of these documents. In this article, I introduce the OpenOffice file formats.
This is an interesting time for the intersection of XML and office software. There has been a lot of discussion of the recent Microsoft XDocs technology and how it may or may not compete with or complement XForms, the OpenOffice formats, and other such projects. I shall not cover any such connections here -- in part because of lack of space, and in part because details of XDocs are just emerging. Also, for the rest of the article, I'll use the name "OpenOffice", rather than using the full, official name "OpenOffice.org".
MIME: application/vnd.sun.xml.writer
Associated applications to file extension SXW:
Company / developer:
Open Source Software
OpenOffice.org WRITER
WRITER has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor or desktop publisher.
It's simple enough for a quick memo, powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your message - while WRITER makes it look great.
The Wizards takes all the hassle out of producing standard documents such as letters, faxes, agendas, minutes, or carrying out more complex tasks such as mail merges. You are of course free to create your own templates, or download templates from our Extensions repository.
Styles and Formatting puts the power of style sheets into the hands of every user.
Trap typing mistakes on the fly with the AutoCorrect dictionary, which can check your spelling as you type. If you need to use different languages in your document - WRITER can handle that too.
Reduce typing effort with AutoComplete, which suggests common words and phrases to complete what you are typing.
Text frames and linking give you the power to tackle desktop publishing tasks for newsletters, flyers, etc. laid out exactly the way you want them to be.
Increase the usefulness of your long, complex documents by generating a table of contents or indexing terms, bibliographical references, illustrations, tables, and other objects.
WRITER can also display multiple pages while you edit - ideal for complex documents, or if you have a large monitor (or multiple monitors).
The advanced notes feature displays notes on the side of the document. This makes notes a lot easier to read. In addition, notes from different users are displayed in different colours together with the editing date and time.
Make your documents freely available with WRITER's HTML export to the web, or export in MediaWiki format for publishing to wikis. Publish in Portable Document Format (.pdf) to guarantee that what you write is what your reader sees. The PDF export feature in OpenOffice.org provides a huge set of formatting and security options; so that PDF files can be customized for many different scenarios, including ISO standard PDF/A files.
Save your documents in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied in to WRITER. You can access your documents from any OpenDocument compliant software.
WRITER can of course read all your old Microsoft Word documents, or save your work in Microsoft Word format for sending to people who are still locked into Microsoft products. From version 3.0 WRITER can also open .docx files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X.
Company / developer: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Features and Benefits
Enhanced usability, compatibility, interoperability, new XML File Format, and more developer features and tools all combine to make StarOffice the best office suite value by far.
StarOffice Writer
Whether you need to snap out a quick memo or craft an in-depth report with a table of contents, diagrams, and indexes, StarOffice Writer makes it simple. New: Mail merge wizard and format paintbrush.
StarOffice Calc
The StarOffice Calc spreadsheet lets you calculate, analyze, and share your data quickly and easily. New: More rows per sheet and enhanced DataPilot (called PivotTable in Microsoft Office).
StarOffice Draw
StarOffice Draw helps you bring your communications to life with easy-to-create organizational charts, network diagrams, floor plans and sketches, and lots more.
StarOffice Impress
StarOffice Impress is a full-featured presentation tool. Check out: Preformatted templates, Flash export and support for CustomShapes (called AutoShapes in Microsoft Office).
StarOffice Base
StarOffice enables you to easily create "self-contained" database documents with all relevant data, table definitions, reports, and forms. New: Table wizards make it easy for anyone to set up a database.
Enterprise Tools & Support
Enterprise users will benefit from XForms support, increased document security, the Java Desktop System Configuration Manager, and the OASIS OpenDocument XML file format. New: Migration Tools.
Company / developer: Ashampoo
Ashampoo Office 2008 - The Office Package at a Fair Price
No computer is properly complete without its own Office package. Office assists in the compilation of texts of all kinds, in the completion of spreadsheet calculations and in the preparation of expressive presentations. In these tasks, Microsoft Office is the generally accepted standard, as its formats are established and the functions it offers are continually required. However: many users are unable to afford the Office suite.
This is where the Ashampoo Office 2008 steps in. The program only occupies a limited amount of storage space on the hard drive, is very stable and still offers all of those Office functions which genuinely need to be used in private or in business environments. A fair price that all users can afford without problem also ensures that the Ashampoo Office 2008 is rapidly winning new friends. Its simple menu prompting and ease of use allows users of other Office solutions a problem-free switchover.
It goes without saying that the most important thing is the fact that reading and writing in the original Word, Excel and PowerPoint files without losses of content or in terms of formatting presents no problem for the Ashampoo Office 2008. That means that every user of the Ashampoo Office is able to open, modify and then save a Word file in exactly the same way as if the work had been done in Word itself.
Ashampoo Office 2008 is supplied with the word processing tool Ashampoo TextMarker, the spreadsheet program Ashampoo PlanMaker and – brand new in the current version – the presentations software Ashampoo Presentations.
Ashampoo TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations
As a word processing program, Ashampoo TextMaker is able to cope both with long and short texts. The program is able to lay out a table of contents, an index and tables, can import graphics and is also able to place 3D texts. Thanks to the integrated addresses database, drafting serial letters presents no problem. Web pages are also easy to create using the program. The program has also won considerable praise thanks to its very high quality spell check system.
With Ashampoo PlanMaker, number games of all kind no longer present any problems. The spreadsheets offer countless formulae which are a great help with automatic calculations. Its implementation of highlighted columns of figures in expressive 2D and 3D diagrams is particularly effective.
Ashampoo Presentations is a new product. The presentations program brings images and texts together, and using the pre-sets, can easily generate a visual presentation which can then be played back on the PC monitor and can also easily be exported or printed out.
Company / developer: Open Source Software
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
OpenOffice.org is an open-source project, home of the OpenOffice.org software, the most widely distributed open-source multi-platform productivity suite. The OpenOffice.org community was founded by Sun Microsystems in 2000. An active community, of which Sun is a key member, enhances and supports the OpenOffice.org office suite.
The OpenOffice.org application runs on most major operating system platforms including Windows, Linux and the Solaris Operating System, and more than 60 localizations are in different stages of development. Some platforms and languages, such as Mac OS X, might not yet be available in the most current version.