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Format

Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document

Summary

Name
Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document
Version
5.0
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/msword
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.word.doc
  • PUID: x-fmt/65
Format type
Word Processor
Description
Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document is a Graphical User Interface word processor designed to be used Mac operating systems.
File extensions
mcw
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation
Supported by
Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document 5.0

Note
wIdent (2 bytes) (FE37h); nFib – version number of file format (2 bytes )(0023h)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
FE370023
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V79

    Release date
    6 November 2014

    Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document 5.0: Updated description, documentation information and corrected mimetype information to apple type. Submitted by the British Library.

  • Updated in V62

    Release date
    28 August 2012

    Microsoft Word for Macintosh 5.0: MIME-Type information added.

  • Added in V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document 5.0: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.