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External signatures File extension: doc
Internal signatures
Name Microsoft Word for DOS 5.5
Description Word signature (4 bytes) Reserved field (10 bytes) Flag (2 bytes) Version (2bytes)
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value 31BE000000AB0000000000000000{82}0000{18}(06|07)
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