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Summary
Name	Microsoft Word for Windows Document
Version	2.0
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/msword Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.word.doc PUID: fmt/38
Family
Classification	Word Processor
Disclosure	None
Description	Word Document format is a word processing format developed by Microsoft. Word 2.0 format is the native file format of Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows. It is proprietary and Microsoft does not make details of its structure public. A Word document file comprises a header section followed by a text section, which contains the document text in ANSI characters, followed by a format section, which contains formatting information about the text.
Orientation	Binary
Byte order	Little-endian (Intel)
Related file formats	Is previous version of Microsoft Word Document (6.0/95) Is subsequent version of Microsoft Word for Windows Document (1.0)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	11 Mar 2005
Source description
Last updated	02 Aug 2005
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