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Summary
Name	Microsoft Excel for Windows
Version	2007 onwards
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet PUID: fmt/214
Family
Classification	Spreadsheet
Disclosure
Description	From Microsoft Office 2007 onwards, the core output format of MS Excel 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.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Has lower priority than XLSX Strict OOXML Spreadsheet (2007 onwards) Is supertype of Microsoft Excel Non-XML Binary Workbook (2007 onwards) Is supertype of Microsoft Excel Template (2007 onwards) Is supertype of Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Template (2007) Is supertype of Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Add-In (2007)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Supported by	Microsoft Corporation
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	28 Oct 2009
Source description	This format can be identified via a container signature in DROID version 6 or later. The PRONOM database cannot currently represent container signatures.
Last updated	19 Apr 2012
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