.DOC File

File extension: DOC

File type: Document

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Notes about the DOC file extension:

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The DOC file type is primarily associated with 'Word' by Microsoft Corporation.

Office Word is an authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents using a set of writing tools.

Different versions of Word may have slightly different initial file contents. Use TrID to determine the version of Word.

Are you trying to access older Word or PowerPoint documents in Office 2003 and can't? The original Office 2003 will not open older documents that have Office 2000 Clip Art in them. Check the Microsoft site for a critical update that fixes this.

Note: This file type can become infected and should be carefully scanned if someone sends you a file with this extension. The OpenOffice Suite (among others) can open/save .DOC files.

Detailed information for file extension DOC:

Primary association: Word

Company: Microsoft Corporation

Mime type: application/msword [official]
application/doc, appl/text, application/vnd.msword, application/vnd.ms-word, application/winword, application/word, application/x-msw6, application/x-msword

Identifying characters Hex: D0 CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1 00 , ASCII:

Program ID: Word.Document.6 , Word.Document.8 , WordDocument , WordPad.Document.1

Other applications associated with file type DOC:

BIFF File by Microsoft Corporation
DeskMate (Document)DeskMate was a software application that provided an operating environment that competed with early versions of Microsoft Windows. It originally was made for Tandy's TRS-DOS Operating System and for their TRS-80 line of computers, but eventually shifted to PC. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 0D 44 4F 43 , ASCII: DOC Related links: Wikipedia DeskMate Page
DisplayWrite 4 File
Document or DocumentationSometimes an ASCII text file.
FrameMaker/FrameBuilder (Document) by Adobe Systems Incorporated The Mime types used with this association are: application/vnd.framemaker, application/x-maker, application/x-framemaker, application/x-fm.
Interleaf Document Format
Mastercam (Material Files) by CNC Software, Inc., Mastercam has solutions for milling, turning, wire EDM and design. , , This file is usually in the .\MILL6 folder. , This association is classified as CAD/CAM.

Maybe RTFSometimes a document in Rich Text Format (RTF) will be saved with a .DOC extension. You can tell by opening the file in a text editor and looking at its format.Related links: Jarte Word Processor
Palm Pilot DOC File Format
Perfect Office (Document) by Perfect OfficeAn alternate office suite. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex [Postion 1]: CF 11 E0 A1 B1 1A E1 00
Word (DOT File) by Microsoft Corporation, Office Word is an authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents using a set of writing tools. Word templates can be stored in a .DOC file and Word will recognize them as .DOT files when it tries to open the file. , , Note: This file type can become infected and should be carefully scanned if someone sends you a file with this extension. ,

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'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database

Important: Invalid file associations could be the result of underlying issues within your Windows PC. It is highly recommended that you scan your PC for invalid registry entries, unused processes and other slowdown issues.

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System Info for File Extension .DOC

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: 602Text.Document, FileType: 602Text Document, AppName: 602Text
EXEFile: 602Text.exe

ProgramID: CorelDRAW.Graphic.11, FileType: CorelDRAW 11.0 Graphic, AppName: CorelDRAW(R)
EXEFile: coreldrw.exe

ProgramID: Frigate3.view, FileType: HTML Document, AppName: Frigate3

ProgramID: soffice6.doc, FileType: Microsoft Word Document, AppName: OpenOffice.org 1.1.0

ProgramID: Word.Document.6, FileType: Microsoft Word 6.0 - 7.0 Document

ProgramID: Word.Document.6, FileType: Microsoft Word Document, AppName: Microsoft Word for Windows® 95

ProgramID: Word.Document.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Document, AppName: Microsoft Office Word

ProgramID: Word.Document.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Document, AppName: Microsoft Word
EXEFile: WINWORD.EXE

ProgramID: Word.Document.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Document, AppName: Microsoft Word for Windows® 97

ProgramID: Word.Document.8, FileType: Microsoft Word Document, AppName: Microsoft Word Viewer for Windows® 97
EXEFile: wordview.exe

ProgramID: WordDocument, FileType: Microsoft Word 2.0 Document

ProgramID: WordPad.Document.1, FileType: Wordpad Document, AppName: Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer

ProgramID: WordPad.Document.1, FileType: Wordpad Document, AppName: WordPad
EXEFile: WORDPAD.EXE

ProgramID: wp10doc, FileType: WordPerfect 10 Document, AppName: WordPerfect(R) 10

ProgramID: soffice6.doc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org1.0.2\program\soffice.exe -o %1

ProgramID: Wordview.Document.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WORDVI~1\OFFICE11\WORDVIEW.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: Word.Document.8
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE /n /dde

ProgramID: 602Text.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Software602\602Pro PC SUITE\602Text\exec\602Text.exe %1

ProgramID: EasyWord.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\EasyOffice\EASYWORD.EXE %1

ProgramID: WordPad.Document.1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessoires\WORDPAD.EXE %1

ProgramID: WP12Doc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WordPerfect Office 12\Programs\wpwin12.exe %1

ProgramID: AbiSuite.AbiWord
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\AbiSuite2\AbiWord\bin\AbiWord.exe %1

ProgramID: wp10doc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Corel\WordPerfect Office 2002\Programs\Wpwin10.exe %1

ProgramID: Atlantis.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Atlantis\Atlantis.exe %1

ProgramID: WP13Doc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WordPerfect Office X3\Programs\wpwin13.exe

ProgramID: GoogleToolbar.doc.1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\MOZILL~1\firefox.exe -GoogleToolbar .doc

ProgramID: OpenOffice.org.doc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\OpenOffice.org 2.2\program\soffice.exe -o

ProgramID: rtffile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessoires\WORDPAD.EXE

ProgramID: docFile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office2007\Office12\WINWORD.EXE

ProgramID: GoogleToolbar.doc.1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Beta 4\firefox.exe -GoogleToolbar .doc

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .DOC

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of this data has already been included into the main FILExt database. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are displayed below.

Program Name Mime Type application/mswor2C sc2 application/octet-stream application/wordperfect5.1 application/x-detective application/x-pressleaf application/x-soffice text/plain

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