Introduction to XPS Document Type

Introduction To XPS Document Type – XPS stands for Extensible Markup Language Paper Specification. Microsoft has developed the XPS document file format to compete with Adobe PDF format.

Features

XPS Documents support vector graphics, bitmap images, red / green / blue (RGB) color cyan / magenta / yellow / black (CMYK) color, text, embedded fonts and digital rights management (DRM) . Since Microsoft introduced the format OpenXPS all these features have become open source, allowing programmers to modify without violating copyright.

Viewing and creating XPS files

To view an XPS document, simply open it in Microsoft Word or another word processor. To create an XPS with Microsoft Office, select "XPS printer, such as for printing the document to an XPS file. versions of iWork   and later, as well as current versions of OpenOffice also support the XPS file format.

Compared with PDF

Although XPS is based on XML, PDF is based on PostScript, which is older, but his full support. PDF is not open source: Adobe retains exclusive ownership of the format. Because XPS is open source, most word processors can view and create XPS documents.