XPS files and view a list of programs that open them. The XML Paper Specification file type, file format description, and Mac, Windows, and Linux programs. To view or edit the file in Office Online or Office Web Apps, open the file in Microsoft Office Excel 2010, in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010, or in Microsoft Office Word 2010, and then save the file by using one of the supported formats. The following table shows the recommended file formats for Office Online and Office Web Apps.
Microsoft is known not only for Windows operating system but also for development of extensions which not many of the people are familiar with. Microsoft never tends to stop developing, releasing programs and extensions like, forcing people to download Microsoft 2007, or find a alternative way to open those files!
In this article, we will look at yet another Microsoft extension, named XPS, and we’ll learn more about XPS extension, which is an alternative for PDF format. What is XPS File Extension XPS is XML Paper Specification which is used in Windows Printing machine and doesn’t support non Microsoft platforms (Only Windows, before printing you can save the file in “Microsoft XPS Document Writer” and Print it in a Paper format).
Update 2012: I have also compiled a guide to not only open, convert but also edit XPS files on both Windows and Mac. Quite a good amount of information has been published recently — only to help you understand everything. Now the problem is “How to open XPS files on your computer?” If you are on the Windows Vista platform then there is no need to download any plugin or software to open XPS files, double click on the saved XPS file to view the content!
This is because both the.NET framework and XPS file viewer is previously installed on Windows Vista. If you are downloading any Windows user Manual or Ebook guide then you will find files in XPS and PDF format. Though you can convert xps to pdf files and open them in your PDF viewer but another alternative to open & view XPS files are suggested here (For other platform such as Windows XP or Windows server 2003) Open XPS file: Several Methods There are a couple of easy-to-do ways to open and edit XML Paper Specification format files on your Windows-only machine. The way I’d recommend is to use addons which are freely available for both Windows and Mac OS X users. So, if you want to open files ending with the.XPS extension, here are the most preferable way to do so: Open XPS File in Firefox browser If you are not using Internet explorer for some reason and want to open.XPS on Firefox then download this. Restart the Firefox browser, configure the settings and you are ready to open, read XPS format file without sweating bullets. Open XPS File in Internet Explorer After opening Internet explorer, click on File, then Open and Choose your.XPS file.
Note that you will be asked to open in a new tab to view the file. So, in simple words, yes, you can also set Internet Explorer as the default program to read XPS file! Viewing XPS Files on Windows XP Microsoft provides free XPS reader which is 2.8mb and can be downloaded from but make sure you have.NET framework installed on your PC!
If not you will be asked to download the missing.Net framework. September 14, 2010 Oh great, Microsoft comes up with an alternative to the PDF file, which is nearly universal and works perfectly fine, but which Microsoft does not control.
I just received my first XPS file, an estimate on repairs for my car. Nothing in my MAC operating system could open it, so I had to fire up Windows, which I only use when absolutely necessary and find XPS viewer, which automatically tried to open in Safari, my default browser, so I had to switch browser to the virus-prone Internet Explorer and open it again. A PDF file could be opened in any browser with the appropriate add-ins in any operating system.
I hope this crap doesn’t become common!
XPS Reader is the only App available on the App Store which brings support to OS X for documents in the.xps format. XPS (Open XML Paper Specification, also referred to as OpenXPS) is an open specification for a page description language and a fixed-document format originally developed by Microsoft.
Features. Printing. Bookmarking. Displaying document properties. Extracting fonts.
Extracting images. Outline Mode View. Single and double page modes. Page Delimiter management. + more customizable preferences What's New in XPSReader.
XPS Reader is the only App available on the App Store which brings support to OS X for documents in the.xps format. XPS (Open XML Paper Specification, also referred to as OpenXPS) is an open specification for a page description language and a fixed-document format originally developed by Microsoft. Features. Printing. Bookmarking.
Xps To Pdf Mac
Displaying document properties. Extracting fonts.
Extracting images. Outline Mode View. Single and double page modes. Page Delimiter management. + more customizable preferences.