Format
Microsoft Word for Windows
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Word for Windows
- Version
- 2007 onwards
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
- PUID: fmt/412
- Format type
- Word Processor
- Description
- From Microsoft Office 2007 onwards, the core output format of MS Word has been based on the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format. The ISO standard for OOXML is ISO/IEC DIS 29500. An OOXML file format consists of a compressed zip archive that is designated according to which file type it is. Further detail on OOXML can be found within fmt/189 - Microsoft Office Open XML. An alternative extension of .wbk refers to a backup file of a Word document, however there is no material or structural difference between a .wbk file and the .doc file it is a backup of.
- File extensions
-
docx,wbk - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Relationships
- Has lower priority than
- Is supertype of
Container signatures
Type: ZIP
1030 - Microsoft Word OOXML
- File path
- [Content_Types].xml
Byte sequence reference
BOFoffset
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 32768
- Sequence
'ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.main+xml"'
Type: ZIP
1040 - Microsoft Word OOXML (little endian unicode)
- File path
- [Content_Types].xml
Byte sequence reference
BOFoffset
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 32768
- Sequence
'C'00 'o'00 'n'00 't'00 'e'00 'n'00 't'00 'T'00 'y'00 'p'00 'e'00 '='00 '"'00 'a'00 'p'00 'p'00 'l'00 'i'00 'c'00 'a'00 't'00 'i'00 'o'00 'n'00 '/'00 'v'00 'n'00 'd'00 '.'00 'o'00 'p'00 'e'00 'n'00 'x'00 'm'00 'l'00 'f'00 'o'00 'r'00 'm'00 'a'00 't'00 's'00 '-'00 'o'00 'f'00 'f'00 'i'00 'c'00 'e'00 'd'00 'o'00 'c'00 'u'00 'm'00 'e'00 'n'00 't'00 '.'00 'w'00 'o'00 'r'00 'd'00 'p'00 'r'00 'o'00 'c'00 'e'00 's'00 's'00 'i'00 'n'00 'g'00 'm'00 'l'00 '.'00 'd'00 'o'00 'c'00 'u'00 'm'00 'e'00 'n'00 't'00 '.'00 'm'00 'a'00 'i'00 'n'00 '+'00 'x'00 'm'00 'l'00 '"'00
Type: ZIP
1050 - Microsoft Word OOXML (big endian unicode)
- File path
- [Content_Types].xml
Byte sequence reference
BOFoffset
Sub sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Position
- 1
- Sub sequence min offset
- 0
- Sub sequence max offset
- 32768
- Sequence
00'C' 00'o' 00'n' 00't' 00'e' 00'n' 00't' 00'T' 00'y' 00'p' 00'e' 00'=' 00'"' 00'a' 00'p' 00'p' 00'l' 00'i' 00'c' 00'a' 00't' 00'i' 00'o' 00'n' 00'/' 00'v' 00'n' 00'd' 00'.' 00'o' 00'p' 00'e' 00'n' 00'x' 00'm' 00'l' 00'f' 00'o' 00'r' 00'm' 00'a' 00't' 00's' 00'-' 00'o' 00'f' 00'f' 00'i' 00'c' 00'e' 00'd' 00'o' 00'c' 00'u' 00'm' 00'e' 00'n' 00't' 00'.' 00'w' 00'o' 00'r' 00'd' 00'p' 00'r' 00'o' 00'c' 00'e' 00's' 00's' 00'i' 00'n' 00'g' 00'm' 00'l' 00'.' 00'd' 00'o' 00'c' 00'u' 00'm' 00'e' 00'n' 00't' 00'.' 00'm' 00'a' 00'i' 00'n' 00'+' 00'x' 00'm' 00'l' 00'"'
Changelog
-
V79
- Release date
- 6 November 2014
-
Updated
Microsoft Word 2007 onwards: Added .wbk as an extension and updated description. Submitted by Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga.
-
V78
- Release date
- 23 September 2014
-
Updated
Microsoft Word 2007 onwards: Added .wbk as an extension and updated description. Submitted by Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga.
-
V67
- Release date
- 26 February 2013
-
Updated
Microsoft Word for Windows 2007 Onwards: Improved descriptive information at suggestion of Chris Rusbridge, linking this entry explicitly to fmt/189 - Microsoft Office Open XML.
-
V62
- Release date
- 28 August 2012
-
Updated
Microsoft Word Document 2007 onwards: Renamed as Office 2010 files use same OOXML structure as 2007.
-
V60
- Release date
- 11 June 2012
-
Added format
Microsoft Word for Windows 2007: Record created for.docx. Previously DROID has been pointing incorrectly at the PUID for Microsoft Office Open XML, fmt/189.
External Links
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