Creating Portable Documents

The new Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS) document format lets you create a representation of "electronic paper" that displays your data on the screen as it would look when printed, similar to the ubiquitous Portable Document Format (PDF). One of the benefits of portable document formats is the ability to share documents you do not want others to modify. Both formats require freely downloadable software for viewing and promise cross-platform consistency and format compatibility, regardless of the software and fonts available on your computer.

You can search the contents of XPS documents, and you can preview them in applications that support them such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. Worksheets you save in XPS ...

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