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Signatures

External signatures File extension: doc
Internal signatures
Name Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0/95
Description Compound document header + WordDocument user stream + version number
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value D0CF11E0A1B11AE1{20}FEFF
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 57006F007200640044006F00630075006D0065006E007400{42}02(00|01)
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 4D6963726F736F667420576F726420(362E30|666F722057696E646F7773203935|362E302D446F6B756D656E74)
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