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    DOC is a file extension for word processing documents, most commonly associated with Microsoft Word documents. During the 1980s, WordPerfect also used the DOC extension for its proprietary format. In the 1990s, Microsoft chose DOC for its Word formats. DOC files often contain more formatting than other formats like RTF but are less compatible. The format varied between Word 97 and Word 2003, and was replaced by the XML-based DOCX in Word 2007. While native to Word, other software can create and read DOC files.

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    DOC is a file extension for word processing documents, most commonly associated with Microsoft Word documents. During the 1980s, WordPerfect also used the DOC extension for its proprietary format. In the 1990s, Microsoft chose DOC for its Word formats. DOC files often contain more formatting than other formats like RTF but are less compatible. The format varied between Word 97 and Word 2003, and was replaced by the XML-based DOCX in Word 2007. While native to Word, other software can create and read DOC files.

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    This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly
    available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more
    information. (October 2009)

    Word Document

    Filename extension .doc

    Internet media type application/msword

    Uniform Type Identifier com.microsoft.word.doc[1]

    Developed by Microsoft

    Type of format Word document

    Container for Text, Image,Table

    In computing, DOC or doc (an abbreviation of 'document') is a file extension for word processing documents; most

    commonly forMicrosoft Word. Historically, the extension was used for documentation in plain-text format, particularly of

    programs or computer hardware, on a wide range of operating systems. During the 1980s, WordPerfect used DOC as the

    extension of their proprietary format. Later, in the 1990s, Microsoft chose to use the DOC extension for their

    proprietary Microsoft Word word processing formats. The original uses for the extension have largely disappeared from

    the PC world.

    Binary DOC files often contain more text formatting information (as well as scripts and undo information) than files using

    otherdocument file formats like Rich Text Format and HyperText Markup Language, but are usually less

    widely compatible.

    The header of a Word 97 document begins with the magic number [0xD0 0xCF 0x11] which possibly spells out "DOC

    Format 11".

    The DOC format varies among Microsoft Office Word Formats. Word versions up to 97 used a different format from

    Microsoft Word version between 97 and 2003.


    In Microsoft Office Word 2007 the binary file format was replaced as the default format by the new XML based Office

    Open XMLformat. The filename extensions of this format are .docx or .docm.

    The DOC format is native to Microsoft Office Word, but other software, such as the free software word

    processorsOpenOffice.org Writer, and AbiWord, can create and read .doc files. Command line programs for Unix-

    like operating systems which can convert files from the DOC format to plain text or other standard formats include

    the wv library, which itself is used directly by AbiWord and as a source of ideas and some coding by KWord. Because

    the .doc file format was a closed specification for many years, inconsistent handling of the format persists and may cause

    some loss of formatting information when handling the same file with multiple word processing programs.

    The format specification was available from Microsoft on request until February 2008. Following documentation done

    by Sun and OpenOffice.org[2], Microsoft released the .DOC format specification[3] under the Microsoft Open Specification

    Promise.[4]

    On the Palm OS, DOC is shorthand for PalmDoc, a completely unrelated format used to encode text files such as ebooks.

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