Common Ground

File Format
Name	Common Ground
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Common Ground
Extension(s)	.dp
Released	1993

Common Ground from No Hands Software, allows any Windows or Mac program to create a document that can be viewed or printed by others even if they don't have the program that was used to create the document in the first place. Software comes with a document maker and a viewer. An early competitor to Adobe Acrobat, Common Ground was used to create portable, self-contained documentation applications, called "Digital Paper."

File Identification

Common Ground version 1 files have Type CGDC and Creator CGVM

Starting at byte 8 file header contains the string CGDC

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References

• Common Ground beats Acrobat to the Macintosh market - InfoWorld 1993
• SOFTWARE COMBINES POWER OF GRAPHICS WITH THE EASE OF E-MAIL - Washington Post 1993