Format
Asymetrix Toolbook File
Summary
- Name
- Asymetrix Toolbook File
- Version
- 1-5
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/470
- Description
- Asymetrix ToolBook was a Microsoft Windows based authoring software for creating e-learning systems. It was initially released in 1990 by Asymetrix Corporation, notably founded by Paul Allen, later merging with SumTotal Systems. ToolBook uses a book metaphor - a project file is thought of as a book containing pages of content. This is very similar to Microsoft PowerPoint’s use of the metaphor where presentations contain various slides. This entry records the .tbk file format described as ToolBook Books and .sbk format which are System Books containing scripts. There were several versions of this software released, with version 11.5 as the final version of ToolBook, released in December 2012. SumTotal Systems ended all sales and support of Toolbook on December 31, 2021. Please see the full list of versions by following the links provided with this entry in Notes section.
- Note
- http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Asymetrix_Toolbook#Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToolBook https://winworldpc.com/product/toolbook/11
- File extensions
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tbk,sbk - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Is previous version of
Internal signatures
Asymetrix Toolbook v1-5
- Note
- BOF; Offset: 0; Magic Bytes: 0x034A424F then exact of 263 wildcard bytes folled by 0x005400
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
034A424F{20}14- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V110
- Release date
- 14 March 2023
Asymetrix Toolbook File 1-5: Expanded the signature, updated description and notes. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
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Added in V65
- Release date
- 25 October 2012
Asymetrix Toolbook: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.
Asymetrix Toolbook: Outline Entry Added.