Microsoft Word Document Template (Password Protected) 97-2003
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With the release of Word 97, Microsoft revised the native binary word processing format, which is based on its generic OLE2 Compound Document Format. A Word document is stored as a ‘WordDocument’ stream within a Compound Document Format file. The format remained unchanged with the releases of Word 2000, 2002 and 2003. Within the 'WordDocument' stream, the byte at position 0x0B deals with encryption/obfuscation, as per the MS FibBase description page - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd944620(v=office.12).aspx. The first bit (Least Significant Bit (LSB) ordering) specifies whether the file is encrypted, meaning that if the byte at 0x0B is an 'odd' byte (e.g. 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 0B, 0D, 0F, 11, 13 etc.) then this indicates obfuscation/encryption is present.
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| Extensions | .dot |
|---|---|
| MIME types | application/msword |
| PRONOM | fmt/755 |
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| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition | LibreOffice | Partial | soffice --headless --convert-to docx in.dotLayout may shift; macros and some features are not kept. |
| OpenDocument | LibreOffice | Partial | soffice --headless --convert-to odt in.dotLayout may shift; macros and some features are not kept. |
| LibreOffice | Partial | soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.dotFixed layout: the document is no longer editable. |
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From PRONOM. Updated 2015-08-07.