Microsoft has announced Office 2007 will gain support for Open Document Format (ODF) and PDF in the first half of 2009.

Now that Microsoft has succeeded in getting its OOXML format approved as an ISO standard, the company has announced it will offer support for Open Document Format (ODF) and the standardized PDF 1.5 format in Office 2007 Service Pack 2, due in first half of 2009. The mainstream suite of productivity applications will also gain support for the XML Paper Specification (XPS). Microsoft wants the world to know this is one way it's making good on its promise of improved interoperability with competing products and technologies.