We have been discussing WordML to PDF conversion a lot these weeks. See previous postings on it. Could this be the answer from Microsoft?
Longhorn may have taken center stage at WinHEC 2005 in Seattle this week, but perhaps the most important news coming from Microsoft is a new document spec known as "Metro." Metro encompasses a family of technologies covering document creation, viewing and printing, which could serve to replace Adobe's PDF platform.
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