Format
Microsoft Excel Template
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Excel Template
- Version
- 2007 onwards
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template
- PUID: fmt/598
- 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
-
xltx - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Is subtype of
Container signatures
Type: ZIP
2080 - Microsoft Excel OOXML Template (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
- 1024
- Sequence
'ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template.main+xml"'
Changelog
-
Added in V72
- Release date
- 12 November 2013
Microsoft Excel Template 2007 onwards: Container signature developed through PRONOM Research at request of the Central Digital Archive of Slovakia.
Microsoft Excel Template 2007 onwards: Outline Entry Added.