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Wictor Wilén

Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) - SharePoint 2010 | Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - SharePoint Server MVP | Author

How to read .xps documents

Posted at 2006-06-07 05:47 by Wictor Wilén in Microsoft , XML , Windows XP , Microsoft Office , WinFX with 4 comments.

XPS (XML Paper Specification) is an electronic paper format and is competing with Adobes PDF. Since Microsoft is forced to withdraw the function of publishing to PDF from Office 2007 the XPS will be more widely adopted. Read more about it here; Adobe PDF vs Microsoft XPS.

Windows Vista will include a XPS reader, but if you already now get XPS files you can download either the WinFX runtime components or the XPS Essentials Pack (beta).

Here is the Windows Vista product guide in XPS format, 12 MB, if you feel like trying it out.

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#  uh by drew
Screenshot from websnpr This doesn't tell you how to read the format... just says what it is...
#  Re: uh by Wictor
Screenshot from websnpr Read the second paragraph, and you have three different ways...
#  But by pelle
Screenshot from websnpr Its only for windows.
#  Re: But by Wictor
Screenshot from websnpr There are several applications that let you read XPS documents on other platform, check out NiXPS and Sana Techs products.
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