Format
Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet
Summary
- Name
- Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet
- Version
- 1.0
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/x-123
- PUID: x-fmt/117
- Format type
- Spreadsheet
- Description
- Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet v 1 is a spreadsheet format developed for the spreadsheet, charting, and database software of the same name. Lotus Development Corporation released Lotus 1-2-3 in 1983 and its popularity led to it becoming close to an industry standard through the early 1990s.
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
wks - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
- Is previous version of
Internal signatures
Lotus 123 Worksheet 1.0
- Description
- BOF Record Type = 0, record length =2 bytes; file format version number = dec 1028 = hex 0404
- Provenance
- Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
000002000404- Endianness
- Little-endian
Changelog
-
V120
- Release date
- 25 February 2025
-
Updated
Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet 1.0: New description added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Duke University Libraries.
-
V51
- Release date
- 15 July 2011
-
Added signature
Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet 1.0: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.
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Updated
Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet 1.0: File extension wk4 removed as identifier for this version.