Microsoft Office binary formats

E339017
file format family legacy document format proprietary file format

Microsoft Office binary formats are the legacy proprietary file types (such as .doc, .xls, and .ppt) used by earlier versions of Microsoft Office applications for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Microsoft Office binary formats canonical 2
Compound File Binary Format 1
Microsoft Excel formats 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf file format family ⓘ
legacy document format ⓘ
proprietary file format ⓘ
abbreviation BIFF for Excel ⓘ
associatedApplication Excel ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft PowerPoint

Word ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Word
basedOn Microsoft Office binary formats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Compound File Binary Format
category legacy Microsoft technology ⓘ
office document format ⓘ
commonlyUsedIn Microsoft Office 2000 ⓘ
Office 2003 ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office 97 ⓘ
Microsoft Office XP ⓘ
compatibility can be opened by modern Microsoft Office versions ⓘ
developedBy Microsoft ⓘ
documentationStatus partially documented ⓘ
encoding little-endian ⓘ
fileExtensionType .doc is Word binary document ⓘ
.ppt is PowerPoint binary presentation ⓘ
.xls is Excel binary workbook ⓘ
fileStructure binary ⓘ
includesFormat .doc ⓘ
.dot ⓘ
.pot ⓘ
.pps ⓘ
.ppt ⓘ
.xls ⓘ
.xlt ⓘ
interoperabilityIssues limited compatibility with non-Microsoft software ⓘ
introducedIn early versions of Microsoft Office ⓘ
migrationPath conversion to Office Open XML formats ⓘ
openSpecificationPublicationPeriod late 2000s ⓘ
openSpecificationPublishedBy Microsoft ⓘ
reverseEngineeredBy open-source communities ⓘ
securityConcerns macro malware risk ⓘ
status deprecated ⓘ
supersededBy .docx ⓘ
.pptx ⓘ
.xlsx ⓘ
Office Open XML (ECMA-376) ⓘ
surface form: Office Open XML formats
supports OLE ⓘ
surface form: OLE storage

embedded objects ⓘ
macros ⓘ
usedBy Microsoft Office ⓘ
usedFor presentations ⓘ
spreadsheets ⓘ
word processing documents ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

StarOffice → fileFormatSupport → Microsoft Office binary formats ⓘ
OLE → fileFormatTechnology → Microsoft Office binary formats ⓘ
this entity surface form: OLE Compound File Binary Format
LibreOffice → supportsFormat → Microsoft Office binary formats ⓘ
Office 2003 → fileFormatSupport → Microsoft Office binary formats ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office 97–2003 binary formats
Microsoft Office binary formats → basedOn → Microsoft Office binary formats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compound File Binary Format
StarCalc → fileFormatSupport → Microsoft Office binary formats ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Excel formats
Apache OpenOffice → supportsFileFormat → Microsoft Office binary formats ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Word formats