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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:28:09 -0500
From: "Ryan Ackley" <ryanackley@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Binary file format docs now available
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I've had access to these for some time. In regards to the Word format
documentation, there isn't a lot that has been added. Basically,
they've added new SPRMs and some of the old data structures have some
changes.

There seem to be a lot of new features that are hinted at in the FIB
but not documented. Also, Embedded objects and images haven't been
documented any better.

Looking at the Excel and Powerpoint docs, it's pretty much a listing
of records with tiny bits of info on how everything fits together.


On 2/18/08, Nick Burch <nick@torchbox.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> In case you hadn't seen, Microsoft released their documentation for the
> binary file formats over the weekend. It's all under their OSP (Open
> Specificiation Promise), which allows us to use it to implement open
> source software.
>
> The documentation can be downloaded from
>        http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx
>
> The excel guide weighs in at 350 odd pages, powerpoint is 120, and word is
> 210 pages. Nice bit of light reading for us all!
>
> Nick
>
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