Microsoft Word Document Template (Password Protected)

Summary

Name

Microsoft Word Document Template (Password Protected)

Version

97-2003

Identifiers

• MIME: application/msword
• PUID: fmt/755

Format type

• Text (Unstructured)
• Word Processor

Description

With the release of Word 97, Microsoft revised the native binary word processing format, which is based on its generic OLE2 Compound Document Format. A Word document is stored as a ‘WordDocument’ stream within a Compound Document Format file. The format remained unchanged with the releases of Word 2000, 2002 and 2003. Within the 'WordDocument' stream, the byte at position 0x0B deals with encryption/obfuscation, as per the MS FibBase description page - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd944620(v=office.12).aspx. The first bit (Least Significant Bit (LSB) ordering) specifies whether the file is encrypted, meaning that if the byte at 0x0B is an 'odd' byte (e.g. 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 0B, 0D, 0F, 11, 13 etc.) then this indicates obfuscation/encryption is present.

File extensions

dot

Source

Archives New Zealand / Archives New Zealand

Developed by

Microsoft Corporation

Supported by

Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Has priority over

• Microsoft Word Document Template 97-2003
• Microsoft Word Document 97-2003
• OLE2 Compound Document Format
• Microsoft Word (Generic) 6.0-2003
• Microsoft Word Document (Password Protected) 97-2003

Is subtype of

• OLE2 Compound Document Format

Container signatures

Changelog

• Added in V83

  Release date

  17 December 2015

  Microsoft Word Document Template (Password Protected) 97-2003: Container signature developed as a collaboration between The National Archives, Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga, State Records New South Wales and Matt Palmer.

  Microsoft Word Template (Password Protected) 97-2003: Full entry added.