Format
Microsoft Office Owner File
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Office Owner File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/473
- Format type
- Page Description
- Description
- When a previously saved Word document is opened for editing, for printing, or for review, Word creates a temporary file that has a .doc file name extension. This file name extension begins with a tilde (~) that is followed by a dollar sign ($) that is followed by the remainder of the original file name. This temporary file holds the logon name of person who opens the file. This temporary file is called the "owner file."
- File extensions
-
doc,docx - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
Internal signatures
MS Owner file v1
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
06{52}000600- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v2
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
07{52}000700- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v3
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
08{52}000800- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v4
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
09{52}000900- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v5
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0A{52}000A00- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v6
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0B{52}000B00- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v7
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0C{52}000C00- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v8
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0D{52}000D00- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v9
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0E{52}000E00- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v10
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 06 to 0F. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
0F{52}000F00- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v11
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 01 to 0F, or 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
01{52}000100- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v12
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 01 to 0F, or 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
02{52}000200- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v13
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 01 to 0F, or 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
03{52}000300- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v14
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 01 to 0F, or 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
04{52}000400- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v15
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 01 to 0F, or 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
05{52}000500- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v16
- Description
- 1st byte is within the range of 01 to 0F, or 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
14{52}001400- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v17
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
10{52}001000- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v18
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
11{52}001100- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v19
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
12{52}001200- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v20
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 14. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00
- Provenance
- Files held internally. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
13{52}001300- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v21
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00.
- Provenance
- Internal files.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
15{52}001500- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v22
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00.
- Provenance
- Internal files.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
16{52}001600- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v23
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00.
- Provenance
- Internal files.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
17{52}001700- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v24
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00.
- Provenance
- Internal files.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
18{52}001800- Endianness
- None
MS Owner file v25
- Description
- 1st byte is within the hex range of 01 to 19. Next bytes are name of registered user. 55th byte is identical to 1st. 56th byte is 00.
- Provenance
- Internal files.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
19{52}001900- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V106
- Release date
- 4 July 2022
-
Added signature
Microsoft Office Owner File: Signature researched and samples provided by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
-
Updated
Microsoft Office Owner File: Five additional signatures identified in line with the patterns already shown but expanded to allow for a bigger hex range. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
-
V97
- Release date
- 1 October 2020
-
Updated
Microsoft Office Owner File: Inclusion of docx as an external signature. Submitted by Nationaal Archief, the National Archives of the Netherlands.
-
V83
- Release date
- 17 December 2015
-
Added signature
Microsoft Office Owner File: Added further signature variants found internally and by Archives New Zealand.
-
V68
- Release date
- 1 May 2013
-
Added signature
Microsoft Office Owner File: Added further signature variants through PRONOM Research.
-
V65
- Release date
- 25 October 2012
-
Added format
Microsoft Office Owner File: Outline Entry Added.
-
Added signature
Microsoft Office Owner File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.