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Depending on version, DisplayWrite saves documents to a proprietary binary format with the extension '''.DOC'''<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DisplayWrite#File_format</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmpcappsDDisplayWrite4ReferenceAug86_7757256/page/n101/mode/2up</ref>. Versions 4, 4.2, and 5 files have the BOF hex values {{magic|80000009 20004F7B 4A5D1800 1460}} for the first 14 bytes<ref>https://file-extension.net/seeker/file_extension_doc</ref>.
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Depending on version, DisplayWrite saves documents to a proprietary binary format with the extension '''.DOC'''<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DisplayWrite#File_format</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmpcappsDDisplayWrite4ReferenceAug86_7757256/page/n101/mode/2up</ref>. Versions 4, 4.2, and 5 files have the BOF hex values {{magic|80000009 20004F7B 4A5D1800 1460}} for the first 14 bytes<ref>https://file-extension.net/seeker/file_extension_doc</ref><ref>https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/pc/apps/DisplayWrite_5_2/SH20-7303-0_IBM_DisplayWrite_5_2_Technical_Reference_Mar89.pdf&page=96</ref>.
  
 
DisplayWrite software cannot save to other word processing formats, making it difficult to migrate content. Many other software titles can import DisplayWrite files, like WordPerfect<ref>https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/217086007-What-file-formats-are-supported-by-WordPerfect</ref><ref>https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/tag/displaywrite/</ref>.
 
DisplayWrite software cannot save to other word processing formats, making it difficult to migrate content. Many other software titles can import DisplayWrite files, like WordPerfect<ref>https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/217086007-What-file-formats-are-supported-by-WordPerfect</ref><ref>https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/tag/displaywrite/</ref>.

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File Format
Name DisplayWrite
Ontology
Extension(s) .doc
PRONOM x-fmt/288, x-fmt/289
Wikidata ID Q66439286

DisplayWrite was an early Word Processing program built by IBM based on the IBM DisplayWriter dedicated system[1][2].

Contents

File Information

Depending on version, DisplayWrite saves documents to a proprietary binary format with the extension .DOC[3][4]. Versions 4, 4.2, and 5 files have the BOF hex values 80000009 20004F7B 4A5D1800 1460 for the first 14 bytes[5][6].

DisplayWrite software cannot save to other word processing formats, making it difficult to migrate content. Many other software titles can import DisplayWrite files, like WordPerfect[7][8].

Related Formats

  • DCA - Document Content Architecture[9]
    • RFT - Revisable Format Text
    • FFT - Final Form text

Software

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DisplayWrite
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq3POofPsBEC&lpg=PA248&pg=PA238#v=onepage&q&f=false
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DisplayWrite#File_format
  4. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmpcappsDDisplayWrite4ReferenceAug86_7757256/page/n101/mode/2up
  5. https://file-extension.net/seeker/file_extension_doc
  6. https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/pc/apps/DisplayWrite_5_2/SH20-7303-0_IBM_DisplayWrite_5_2_Technical_Reference_Mar89.pdf&page=96
  7. https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/217086007-What-file-formats-are-supported-by-WordPerfect
  8. https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/tag/displaywrite/
  9. http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/pc/apps/DisplayWrite_4/74X9315_DisplayWrite_4_Technical_Reference_Aug86.pdf#page=73
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