Microsoft Word Document 6.0/95

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With the release of Word 6.0, Microsoft introduced a new native binary word processing format, based on its generic OLE2 Compound Document Format. The format is proprietary and Microsoft does not make details of its structure public. The information here is derived primarily from OpenOffice.org's reverse-engineered documentation of the format and should not therefore be regarded as definitive. A Word document is stored as a ‘WordDocument’ stream within a Compound Document Format file. The format remained unchanged with the release of Word 95.

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• CeltxOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License
• HuMo-genOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• OpenOffice WriterOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
• Adobe FrameMaker 5.5writes
• Front Page Explorerreads and writes
• FrontPage Explorereads and writes
• Microsoft Wordreads and writes · end-user license agreement
• Microsoft Word 2000reads and writes
• Montagewrites
• OmniPage Pro 12writes
• PolyEditreads and writes
• StarOffice 5.2writes
• Storyistwrites
• ASAP Word Powerreads
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• Distributed Password Recoveryreads
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• Microsoft Publisher 6.0reads
• WebPlus Essentialsreads

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• PRONOM fmt/39
• Wikidata Q63061396

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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