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Format

Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document

Summary

Name
Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document
Version
3.0
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/msword
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.word.doc
  • PUID: x-fmt/1
Format type
Word Processor
Description
Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document is a Graphical User Interface word processor designed to be used Mac operating systems.
File extensions
mcw
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation
Supported by
Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Is previous version of
Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document 3.0

Note
wIdent (2 bytes) (FE34h); nFib – version number of file format (2 bytes )(00C1h)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
FE3400(C1|00)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V79

    Release date
    6 November 2014

    Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document 3.0: Updated description, added mimetype and documentation information. Submitted by the British Library.

  • Added in V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document 3.0: Signatures submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.