Format
WordPerfect for MS-DOS/Windows Document
Summary
- Name
- WordPerfect for MS-DOS/Windows Document
- Version
- 5.1
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.wordperfect
- PUID: x-fmt/394
- Format type
- Word Processor
- Description
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- Release date
- 01 Nov 1989
- Format encoding
- Binary
- File extensions
-
wp5,wpd,w51,wp,doc - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
- Has priority over
- Is previous version of
- Is subsequent version of
Internal signatures
WordPerfect 5.1
- Description
- Document Header (Version=0.1)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
FF575043{5}0A0001{2}0000- Endianness
- Little-endian
Changelog
-
V112
- Release date
- 10 May 2023
-
Updated
WordPerfect for MS-DOS/Windows Document 5.1: Added .doc extension. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
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V110
- Release date
- 14 March 2023
-
Updated
WordPerfect for MS-DOS/Windows Document 5.1: Added priority over fmt/1280 NCH Dictation Audio File. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
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V70
- Release date
- 28 August 2013
-
Updated
WordPerfect for MS-DOS/Windows Document 5.1: Corrected MIME type information provided by British Library.