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'''XDOC''' is a DOS utility for creating an [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by JauMing Tseng.

The original document can be recovered by running the EXE file in a DOS environment, and pressing "P" to "print" to a file.

== Identification ==
At least for some versions of XDOC, the ASCII signature "{{magic|xdoc}}" appears at offset 28 of the generated EXE file.

== Software ==
* [{{SACFTPURL|utiltext|xdoc127.zip}} XDOC v1.27] (1998)

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-'''XDOC''' is a DOS utility for creating an [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by JauMing Tseng.
+'''XDOC''' is a DOS utility that converts a text file to an [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] file that, when executed, displays the text in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by JauMing Tseng (or "Kevin Tseng" for v1.10 -- presumably the same person).
 The original document can be recovered by running the EXE file in a DOS environment, and pressing "P" to "print" to a file.
 == Identification ==
-At least for some versions of XDOC, the ASCII signature "{{magic|xdoc}}" appears at offset 28 of the generated EXE file.
+Files made by v1.10 have ASCII "{{magic|asc2}}" at offset 28.
 == Software ==
-* [{{SACFTPURL|utiltext|xdoc127.zip}} XDOC v1.27] (1998)
+* XDOC

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 '''XDOC''' is a DOS utility for creating an [[MS-DOS EXE|EXE]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by JauMing Tseng.