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Microsoft Project

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Summary

Name
Microsoft Project
Version
2007
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.ms-project
  • PUID: fmt/440
Description
Microsoft Project is a project management software program developed by Microsoft. The .mpp format produced by Microsoft Project 2007 is based upon Microsoft's OLE2 Compound Document Format.
File extensions
mpp
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Container signatures

Type: OLE2

4050 - Microsoft Project 2007 OLE2

File path
Props12

Type: OLE2

4060 - Microsoft Project 2007 OLE2

File path
CompObj

Byte sequence reference

BOFoffset

Sub sequences
Min Frag Length
Position
1
Sub sequence min offset
40
Sub sequence max offset
1064
Sequence
0F 00 00 00 'MSProject.MPP12' 00

Changelog

  • V82

    Release date
    27 March 2015

    • Updated

      Microsoft Project 2007: Corrected MIME type. Error identified by British Library.

  • V78

    Release date
    23 September 2014

    • Updated

      Microsoft Project 2007: Corrected container signature. Issue reported seperately by Richard Lehane and Ross Spencer.

  • V62

    Release date
    28 August 2012

    • Updated

      Microsoft Project 2007: Corrected file extension from .pptx to .mpp and refined container signature.

  • V60

    Release date
    11 June 2012

    • Added format

      Microsoft Project 2007: Outline entry added.

    • Added signature

      Microsoft Project 2007: Two new container signatures developed through PRONOM Research.