Full compatibility of the proposed OOXML with any existing application is demonstrably unreachable (because the proposed OOXML explicitly gives up describing parts of what it aims to describe, e.g. Part 4 page 1378 lines 12-17).

Rephrase the compatibility goal so as to make it realistic.

page vii, line 7 Part 4, Introduction

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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment DE-0012 (Modified: 2008-01-04) Agreed; we have provided all needed information in responses to other comments. For example, the autoSpaceLikeWord95 setting has been fully documented in the response to CL-0002, CL-0102, CO-0103, CZ-0014, DK-0010, FR-0061, GB-0228, GH-0003, GR-0038, IN-0035, IR-0025, JP-0052, KR-0013, PH-0007, PT-0052 and US-0066. Other settings are documented in the proposed dispositions of many other comments. Similar Comments: DK-0096 , GB-0126 , IN-0056 , VE-0012