Microsoft Compound File

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'''Microsoft Compound File''' is a complex container format used by some versions of Microsoft Office, and other Microsoft applications. It has features similar to those of a [[filesystem]] format.
 
'''Microsoft Compound File''' is a complex container format used by some versions of Microsoft Office, and other Microsoft applications. It has features similar to those of a [[filesystem]] format.
  
It is also known as '''Compound File Binary File Format''' ('''CFBF''' or '''CFB'''), '''Microsoft Compound Document File Format''', '''OLE Compound Document Format''', '''OLE2 Compound Document Format''', etc.
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It is also known as '''Compound File Binary File Format''' ('''CFBF''' or '''CFB'''), '''Microsoft Compound Document File Format''', '''OLE Compound Document Format''', '''OLE2 Compound Document Format''', '''Composite Document File''', etc.
  
 
The format was not publicly documented by Microsoft until 2008.
 
The format was not publicly documented by Microsoft until 2008.

Revision as of 01:35, 21 January 2015

File Format
Name Microsoft Compound File
Ontology
PRONOM fmt/111

Microsoft Compound File is a complex container format used by some versions of Microsoft Office, and other Microsoft applications. It has features similar to those of a filesystem format.

It is also known as Compound File Binary File Format (CFBF or CFB), Microsoft Compound Document File Format, OLE Compound Document Format, OLE2 Compound Document Format, Composite Document File, etc.

The format was not publicly documented by Microsoft until 2008.

It is (or was?) inofficially known as LAOLA File Format.

Contents

Identification

Files begin with signature bytes D0 CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1.

Related formats

See Category:Microsoft Compound File.

Specifications

Programs, libraries, and utilities

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Editors' notes

TODO: Explain the relationship between Compound File format and the format/technology called COM Structured Storage (or OLE Structured Storage).

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