Format
Microsoft Excel Non-XML Binary Workbook
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Excel Non-XML Binary Workbook
- Version
- 2007 onwards
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
- PUID: fmt/595
- Format type
- Spreadsheet
- Description
- From Microsoft Office 2007 onwards, the core output format of MS Excel has been based on the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format. The ISO standard for OOXML is ISO/IEC DIS 29500. An OOXML file format consists of a compressed zip archive that is designated according to which file type it is. Further detail on OOXML can be found within fmt/189 - Microsoft Office Open XML.
- File extensions
-
xlsb - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Is subtype of
Container signatures
Type: ZIP
2070 - Microsoft Excel Non-XML Binary Workbook(big endian)
- File path
- [Content_Types].xml
Byte sequence reference
BOFoffset
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 4096
- Sequence
'ContentType="application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.main"'
Changelog
-
Updated in V73
- Release date
- 27 February 2014
Microsoft Excel Non-XML Binary Workbook (big endian): Name updated and container signature edited
-
Added in V72
- Release date
- 12 November 2013
Microsoft Excel Binary Workbook 2007 onwards: Container signature developed through PRONOM Research at request of the Central Digital Archive of Slovakia.
Microsoft Excel Binary Workbook 2007 onwards: Outline Entry Added.