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Signatures

External signatures File extension: doc
File extension: wbk
Internal signatures
Name Microsoft Word for Windows 97 - 2002
Description Compound document header + WordDocument user stream + version number
Byte sequences
Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Byte order  
Value D0CF11E0A1B11AE1{20}FEFF
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 57006F007200640044006F00630075006D0065006E007400{42}02(00|01)
Position type Variable
Byte order  
Value 4D6963726F736F667420576F7264(20382E30|20392E30|2031302E30|2D446F6B756D656E74)
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