Format
Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File
- Identifiers
- PUID: x-fmt/106
- Description
- The SYLK (SYmbolic LinK) file format is a ASCII format used to exchange information between versions of Multiplan and spreadsheets such as Excel.
- Format encoding
- Text
- Note
- http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/SYLK http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/summary/micsylk.htm
- File extensions
-
slk - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File
- Description
- First Record type descriptor is ID;P<name>; Last record is E
- Provenance
- Walden, Jeffrey B. File Formats for Popular PC Software, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1986. Microsoft SYLK, Encyclopedia of File Formats http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/summary/micsylk.htm; 11/2023 (v.115)- max offset values changed from null to 0 and EOF signature modified to accommodate for different operating systems.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
49443B50- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
(0D|0D0A|0A)45(0D|0D0A|0A)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V115
- Release date
- 15 November 2023
-
Updated
Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File: Description updated, max offset values changed from null to 0 and EOF signature modified to accomodate for different operating systems. As part of PRONOM Research Week. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
-
V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
-
Added signature
Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.
-
Updated
Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) File: Format name changed for greater accuracy and consistency.