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Format

Microsoft Word for Windows Document

Summary

Name
Microsoft Word for Windows Document
Version
2.0
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/msword
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.word.doc
  • PUID: fmt/38
Format type
Word Processor
Disclosure
None
Description
Word Document format is a word processing format developed by Microsoft. Word 2.0 format is the native file format of Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows. It is proprietary and Microsoft does not make details of its structure public. A Word document file comprises a header section followed by a text section, which contains the document text in ANSI characters, followed by a format section, which contains formatting information about the text.
File extensions
doc
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Is previous version of
Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0

Note
Header

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
DBA5{16}00000000
Endianness
None