An XML-based document format from Microsoft. Providing full page layout capabilities, XML Paper Specification (XPS) also allows digital signatures and digital rights to be applied to the documents.

Microsoft Word can save and convert any document into the XML Paper Specification (XPS) file, but due to the nature of the XPS format, importing XPS files into Word is more complicated. There is a ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for XML Paper Specification Shared Components Pack 1.0. XML Paper Specification or XPS is Microsoft's standard format for portable documents, similar to the PDF format.