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Details for: Microsoft Works Spreadsheet 1-5

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Summary
Name	Microsoft Works Spreadsheet
Version	1-5
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/166
Family
Classification	Spreadsheet
Disclosure
Description	Microsoft Works is a discontinued office software suite developed by Microsoft and available from 1987-2009. It was often available bundled with Windows computers. This format was a forerunner to other spreadsheet editors with grid of cells arranged in rows and numbers. Versions 1-5 were binary files before the .xlr compound files were developed from version 6 onwards.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Lotus 1-2-3 Worksheet (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	28 Sep 2009
Source description	11/2023 (v.115)- Description updated. Modified the offset values in the internal signature from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Internally researched.
Last updated	14 Nov 2023
Note	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Works http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/Microsoft_Works_Spreadsheet