Format
Microsoft Word Template
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Word Template
- Version
- 2007 onwards
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
- PUID: fmt/597
- Format type
- Word Processor
- Description
- From Microsoft Office 2007 onwards, the core output format of MS Word 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
-
dotx - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Is subtype of
Container signatures
Type: ZIP
1070 - Microsoft Word OOXML Template
- File path
- [Content_Types].xml
Byte sequence reference
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 4096
- Sequence
'ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template.main+xml"'
Changelog
-
Added in V72
- Release date
- 12 November 2013
Microsoft Word Template 2007 onwards: Container signature developed through PRONOM Research at request of the Central Digital Archive of Slovakia.
Microsoft Word Template 2007 onwards: Outline Entry Added.