Format
Q&A Word Processor Document
Summary
- Name
- Q&A Word Processor Document
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1045
- Format type
- Word Processor
- Description
- Q&A was a database and word processing software program for IBM PC-compatible computers published by Symantec and partners from 1985 to 1998. Due to their age, Q&A files may lack an extension.
- Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Symantec Corporation
- Supported by
- Symantec Corporation
Internal signatures
Q&A Write Word Processor (WP)
- Note
- BOF: TBWP or TBTX, followed by null. TB stands for TouchBase, Symantec's original internal name for the product. WP = Word Processor including header/footer. TX = Text only. Format is described here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YfkUKcyI7KIC&pg=PT439
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
5442575000- Endianness
- None
Q&A Write Word Processor (TX)
- Note
- BOF: TBWP or TBTX, followed by null. TB stands for TouchBase, Symantec's original internal name for the product. WP = Word Processor including header/footer. TX = Text only. Format is described here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YfkUKcyI7KIC&pg=PT439
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
5442545800- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V91
- Release date
- 25 July 2017
Q&A Word Processor Document: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Q&A Word Processor Document: Full entry added.