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Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation |
The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats that are implemented and used in the Microsoft Office system.
The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats.
The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of file format relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.
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System Requirements
Operating Systems: Windows 8.1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8
The specifications are available in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) which you can open by using Adobe Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com.
Note: For optimal readability of the PDF documents, it is recommended that they be opened and viewed by using Adobe Reader 8.0. Earlier versions of Adobe Reader might not provide the same reading quality.
Installation Instructions
Individual PDF files should be stored in a single directory to enable links between the protocol specifications. Note that if you download additional protocol documents from Microsoft, they should also be stored in the same directory to enable linking.
The self-extracting Zip file (OfficeFileFormatsProtocols.zip) in this list of files contains all of the client protocol documents. Please download and read the readme file.
This package does not collect any personal information.