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Format

Persuasion Windows Document

Summary

Name
Persuasion Windows Document
Version
3.x - 4.x
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1707
Format type
Presentation
Description
Persuasion Windows Document format is part of Adulus Persuasion format family.The format is created using the Adulus Persuasion (now discontinued) presentation program software developed by Peter Polash in 1988 orifinally for the Macintosh platform by Aldus Corporation. Following a merger of Adobe Systems and Adulus Corporation in 1994, the software was re-branded to Adobe Persuasion and a Microsoft Windows version was released. There were two versions released for Macintosh only, then starting with version 2.x version for Windows was released, up to version 4. Adobe discontinued production of the software in September 1997. This format entry describes the variation of the format released with version 3.x and 4.x of Adulus Persuasion for Microsoft Windows. The research of this format is ongoing, please contact the PRONOM team if you have more information and can contribute to find distinguashing sequence between version 3.x and 4.x.
Note
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Persuasion http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Persuasion https://adobe.fandom.com/wiki/Adobe_Persuasion_4 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wVDB2C8IJRYC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=adobe+persuasion+file+format&source=bl&ots=pfVdPE96jt&sig=ACfU3U3Gid0EFkQkLOeTOeiyKb3_EAJZhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCzMfYzKD4AhVSVsAKHTk2DeMQ6AF6BAgmEAM#v=onepage&q=adobe%20persuasion%20file%20format&f=false
File extensions
pr3, at3, pn4, at4
Source
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Persuasion Windows Document v3-4

Note
BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 0x000000000000FF99 then a sequence of hundred wildcard bytes followed by 0x5350000302

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
000000000000FF99{100}5350000302
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V105

    Release date
    29 June 2022

    Persuasion Windows Document v3-4: Signature researched and samples provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    Persuasion Windows Document v3-4: Full entry added. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.