All about AW Files

The AW file type is primarily associated with Adobe Reader.

AW	File extension: AW
	File type:	multi-format file

What is an AW file?

AW files mostly belong to Adobe Reader. AW files are files with the AW extension that come in different forms. They can be a renamed PDF document, a word processing file, an audio file for game audio, an animation file for a gaming system, or a database wizard file.

Renamed PDF document: These files are actually PDF documents that have been given a different extension. Open them with a PDF viewer like Adobe Reader. For more information, visit Adobe Reader.

Applix Words document: Some AW files are created by Applix Words for word processing.

Audiokinetic Wwise sound file: Other AW files are used with Audiokinetic's Wwise tool for sound and game audio. Checking the file header can help confirm its type.

Nintendo Wii U animation: Certain AW files are used to store animation data for the Wii U homebrew or theme menus.

Microsoft Access wizard: A few AW files are related to database wizards or worksheets in Microsoft Access.

FilExt.com note: If the file’s origin is unclear, use a file inspection tool to check its header. This helps in choosing the right application to open it.

How can I open an AW file?

You need a suitable software like Adobe Reader to open an AW file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your AW file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a AW file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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AW file format:

If you know the file format, you can also find out how to open or edit the file. The file format can be determined based on the file extension and the signature (the first few characters of a file). Frequently, however, one file extension is used by different programs for different file formats, and one file format for different file extensions. Knowledge is power - this also applies when dealing with unknown or faulty files. Below you will find our evaluation of the AW files:

As a file extension, AW isn't very common and includes a lot of different file formats for different programs. The following file formats are most commonly found in AW files:

• 15% of all AW files are using the well-known PDF file format to store the data. PDF is short for Portable Document Format, is a file format to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. These are binary files, so they do not contain words or text. The average file size is 500 KB with most files being between 150 KB and 1 MB in size. The file type is very recent.
• 15% of all AW files start with the magic bytes *BEGIN WORDS VERSION=, which are always the first bytes of this file format. If you open these files in a text editor, you can view and read the content yourself. AW files can be up to 150 KB in size, but are often around 2 KB - 33 KB. The following keywords are characteristic: <Applix Words>, <start_styles>, *BEGIN WORDS VERSION=430/320 ENCODING=7BIT, Pos:0>, 250 footerMargin, 500 hyphMethod, <Globals levelIndent:500, Globals levelIndent:0 hyphMethod:0 headerMargin:500 footerMargin:394 changeBar, <asc @(#)%, <style "Normal" nextStyle "Normal" no, arPos:0> and footerMargin:250 changeB.

All other AW files (70%) have no consistent format, the following 8 formats exist: Microsoft Answer Wizard and FIF. They are often associated with home, menu, mahit, scene, load or wave. If you want to find out what your AW file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.