Everyone knows about the ever popular and compatible PDF format. Microsoft is now getting into the game by launching (actually it has been around a while) the “competing” XPS format. This format will basically work the way PDF does, by using a special printer to produce the output. This new format is superior to PDF when the printer takes advantage of the extended XPS features. You can read about the details on this informative article on Tech Republic.

The point of this tip is to get you ready with the XPS viewer in case someone sends you a document in this format. You can download everything you need here. This link includes everything you need to both read and write to XPS format.

While this format isn’t going to catch on overnight, it is something to consider as a future possibility.