Format

XYWrite for Windows Document

Summary

Name: XYWrite for Windows Document
Version: 4.0
Identifiers: PUID: x-fmt/371
Format type: Word Processor
Description: Microsoft Write is a basic word processor included with Windows 1.0 and later, until Windows NT 3.5. Throughout its lifespan it was minimally updated, and is comparable to early versions of MacWrite. Early versions of Write only work with Write (.wri) files, but after Windows 3.0, Write became capable of reading and composing early Word (.doc) documents. With Windows 3.1, Write became OLE capable. In Windows 95, Write was replaced with WordPad.
Format encoding: Text
File extensions: xyw
Submitted by: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives