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Lotus WordPro Document

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Summary

Name
Lotus WordPro Document
Version
96
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.lotus-wordpro
  • PUID: x-fmt/340
Format type
Word Processor
Description
Lotus Word Pro is a word processor program produced by the Lotus Software Group as part of the Lotus SmartSuite office suite. The initial release was in 1988. Is was the successor to Ami Pro and used on Microsoft Windows-compatible computers and on IBM OS/2 Warp.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
lwp
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Is previous version of

Internal signatures

Lotus WordPro 96

Description
Header ASCII: WordPro followed by regularly recurring sequence
Provenance
Ongoing DROID research. Additional enhancement of signature provided by Georgia Tech Research Institute and Aarhus Stadsarkiv.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
576F726450726F0DFB000000000000000005985C8172030040CCC1BFFFBDF9(50|70)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V98

    Release date
    27 October 2021

    • Updated

      Lotus WordPro Document (96): Description updated and signature updated to allow for an alternative (50|70) byte ending. Signature developed and samples provided by Aarhus Stadsarkiv.

  • V66

    Release date
    18 December 2012

    • Updated

      Lotus WordPro Document 96.0: MIME-Type information added.

  • V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    • Updated

      Lotus WordPro Document 96: Existing signature refined by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA, and record title updated to distinguish different versions.

  • V49

    Release date
    5 April 2011

    • Added signature

      Lotus WordPro Document 96/97: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.