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Format

Corel Presentation Exchange File

Summary

Name
Corel Presentation Exchange File
Version
5.0
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/34
Format type
Image (Vector)
Description
The Corel Presentation Exchange file format is the presentation format of the CorelSuite applications. It is a recording of the display primitives of an application to a display interface. The CMX format supports Intel and Motorola binary formats.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
cmx
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Corel Metafile Exchange Image (16 bit)

Description
RIFF (little-endian) or RIFX (big-endian) Form labeled CMX1
Provenance
Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute. Refined through PRONOM research 25/10/2012. http://web.archive.org/web/20040928110755/http://ftp.corel.com/CorelSolutionPartners/CMXv8/CMXv800.pdf

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
524946(46|58){4}434D5831{62}31
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V114

    Release date
    22 August 2023
    • Updated

      Corel Presentation Exchange File 5.0: Added priority over fmt/1886. Submitted by New York Public Libraries and Preservica.

  • V83

    Release date
    17 December 2015
    • Updated

      Corel Presentation Exchange File 5.0: Added description.

  • V65

    Release date
    25 October 2012
    • Updated

      Corel Presentation Exchange File 5.0: Signature refined through PRONOM Research.

  • V45

    Release date
    6 December 2010
    • Added signature

      Corel Presentation Exchange File 5.0: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.