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Summary
Name	Microsoft Word (Generic)
Version	6.0-2003
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/msword Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.word.doc PUID: fmt/609
Family
Classification	Word Processor
Disclosure
Description	This format is identifiable via a container signature in DROID 6 and later. Some Word documents from this era lack an internal [CompObj] stream, which is used by fmt/39 and fmt/40 to distinguish between Word files generated in Microsoft Office 6.0/95, and 97-2003. Since compatible files created by certain software lack this stream (potentially including, but not necessarily limited to Apple Pages), this additional identifying record is required to avoid the limiting identification of OLE2.
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Related file formats	Has lower priority than Microsoft Word Document Template (97-2003) Has lower priority than Microsoft Word Document (6.0/95) Has lower priority than Microsoft Word Document (97-2003) Has lower priority than Microsoft Word Document (Password Protected) (97-2003) Has lower priority than Microsoft Word Document Template (Password Protected) (97-2003)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Supported by	Microsoft Corporation
Source	British Library / British Library
Source date	12 Nov 2013
Source description	This format is identifiable via a container signature in DROID 6 and later.
Last updated	12 Nov 2013
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