Microsoft office file formats

Office versions, applications and file formats

pre 95 DOS versions
pre 95 Windows versions
Microsoft Word 6.0
Microsoft Office 95
Microsoft Office 97 - 2003
Uses the OLE Compound File format for most of the file formats
- Microsoft Word uses the Word Document (doc) file format
- Microsoft Excel uses the Excel Spreadsheet (xls) file format
- Microsoft PowerPoint uses the PowerPoint Presentation (ppt) file format
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Outlook uses multiple file formats for different purposes
- the Personal Folder File (PAB, PST, OST) format to store e-mails, appointments, tasks, notes, contacts, etc. The PFF format changed from a 32-bit to a 64-bit version in Outlook 2003.
- the Nickfile (nk2) format to store e-mail address aliases
Microsoft Access uses a file format based on Microsoft Joint Engine Technology (JET)
Microsoft Office 2007
Uses the ZIP archive file format for most of the file formats
- Microsoft Word uses the Word Document (docx) file format
- Microsoft Excel uses the Excel Spreadsheet (xlsb) and Excel Spreadsheet (xlsx) file formats
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Access