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E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums

2012-11-01T21:19:15Z

Melonhead: /* E-Mail */ Added PST

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|[[Electronic File Formats]]
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|E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums
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Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic mail, discussion lists, forums, newsgroups, message areas of BBSs, etc.

== E-Mail ==

* [[Blue Wave]]
* [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
* [[Maildir]]
* [[mbox]]
* [[PST]] - Outlook Personal Storage Table
* [[QWK]]
* [[SOUP]]

== Usenet ==

* [[NZB]]
* [[Usenet message format]] ([http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc850 RFC 850]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 RFC 1036]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536 RFC 5536]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5537 RFC 5537])
* [[yEnc]]

== Forums ==

== BBS Message Sections ==

* Fido
* [[FidoNet message packets]]
* Opus

User:Melonhead

2012-11-01T21:06:55Z

Melonhead: Added my twitter page for future reference.

Nothing special here, frankly. Find me on twitter at [https://twitter.com/RyanAdams @RyanAdams]

== Sites to link ==

* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313105.aspx Office file formats]
* [http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Engines SCUMMVM engines] ... should be able to pull multiple file formats from here

User:Melonhead

2012-11-01T07:10:20Z

Melonhead: Adding notes for myself of a few specific sites that I want to make sure to link up

Nothing special here, frankly.

== Sites to link ==

* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313105.aspx Office file formats]
* [http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Engines SCUMMVM engines] ... should be able to pull multiple file formats from here

XLSX

2012-11-01T06:12:15Z

Melonhead: And while I'm on it, provide a quick stub for XLSX as well.

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Office Open XML Spreadsheet (.XLSX) is the default file format for documents used by Microsoft Excel as of Excel 2007. In prior versions, the default version was [[XLS]].

== History ==

This (along with the other Office Open XML items [[DOCX]] and [[PPTX]]) was initially standardized as ECMA-376 in 2006. Three formats of this standard have been produced; the second version also corresponds to ISO/IEC 29500.

== References ==
* [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm ECMA-376 specification ]
* [http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html ISO/IEC 29500 specification]

PPTX

2012-11-01T06:06:50Z

Melonhead: Made initial version... very much based on the DOCX entry.

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Office Open XML Powerpoint (.PPTX) is the default file format for documents used by Microsoft Powerpoint as of Powerpoint 2007.

== History ==

This (along with the other Office Open XML items [[DOCX]] and [[XLSX]]) was initially standardized as ECMA-376 in 2006. Three formats of this standard have been produced; the second version also corresponds to ISO/IEC 29500.

== References ==
* [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm ECMA-376 specification ]
* [http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html ISO/IEC 29500 specification]

DOCX

2012-11-01T06:04:09Z

Melonhead: Clarified a few statements.

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Office Open XML Presentation (.DOCX) is the default file format for documents used by Microsoft Word as of Word 2007.

== History ==

This (along with the other Office Open XML items [[PPTX]] and [[XLSX]]) was initially standardized as ECMA-376 in 2006. Three formats of this standard have been produced; the second version also corresponds to ISO/IEC 29500.

== References ==
* [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm ECMA-376 specification ]
* [http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html ISO/IEC 29500 specification]

PPT

2012-11-01T05:54:39Z

Melonhead: Created initial version of page.

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Powerpoint Binary file (PPT) is the default file format used in Microsoft Powerpoint up to Office 2003 (later versions use [[PPTX]]).

== References ==
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313106%28v=office.12%29.aspx Microsoft spec for PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003]

DOCX

2012-11-01T05:44:00Z

Melonhead: Created initial version of page.

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Office Open XML Document (.DOCX) is the default file format for documents used by Microsoft Word as of Office 2007.

== History ==

This was initially standardized as ECMA-376 in 2006. Three formats of this standard have been produced; the second version also corresponds to ISO/IEC 29500.

== References ==
* [http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm ECMA-376 specification ]
* [http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/index.html ISO/IEC 29500 specification]

DOC

2012-11-01T05:30:30Z

Melonhead: Added some clarifying headers.

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MS Word Doc format is a family of formats used by older versions of MS Word (they now use [[DOCX]] as a default as of Office 2007).

== File Types ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word#File_formats Wikipedia says] the following four types exist
* Word for DOS
* Word 1 & Word 2 for MS Windows, and Word 4 & 5 for Mac
* Word 6 & Word 95 for MS Windows, and Word 6 for Mac
* Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 & 2010 for MS Windows, and Word 98, 2001, X, & 2004 for Mac

== References ==
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313153.aspx Microsoft's specification on the .DOC format]

DOC

2012-11-01T05:27:45Z

Melonhead: Added link to the Microsoft spec, and clarified the DOCX use.

MS Word Doc format is a family of formats used by older versions of MS Word (they now use [[DOCX]] as a default as of Office 2007).
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word#File_formats Wikipedia says] the following four types exist
* Word for DOS
* Word 1 & Word 2 for MS Windows, and Word 4 & 5 for Mac
* Word 6 & Word 95 for MS Windows, and Word 6 for Mac
* Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 & 2010 for MS Windows, and Word 98, 2001, X, & 2004 for Mac

== References ==
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313153.aspx Microsoft's specification on the .DOC format]

Blorb

2012-11-01T05:18:42Z

Melonhead: /* Description */ Fixed Graphics link.

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== Description ==
Blorb is a container file format for packaging [[Interactive Fiction]] (IF) games with external resources, such as [[Audio|sound]] and [[Graphics|image]] files. It was developed by Andrew Plotkin. Blorb is primarily used for packaging [[Z-code]] and [[Glulx]] IF games, but it is possible to use it for other formats as well.

== Extensions ==
*.blb
*.blorb
*.zblorb/.zlb (used to indicate Z-code)
*.gblorb/.glb (used to indicate Glulx)

== Interpreters ==
To play an IF game packaged as a Blorb file, you need an interpreter for the base IF file. See [[Z-code]] and [[Glulx]] for appropriate interpreters.

== Other Tools ==
*[http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXblorb.html IF Archive: Blorb Programming]

== Sample Files ==
*[http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2004/glulx/eas3/eas3.blb eas3.blb]: Earth and Sky 3: Luminous Horizon, by Paul O'Brian (Gl
*[http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/LostPig.zblorb LostPig.zblorb]: Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota

== Information ==
*[http://eblong.com/zarf/blorb/ Blorb Homepage]
*[http://eblong.com/zarf/blorb/blorb.html Blorb Specification], version 2.0.3

User:Melonhead

2012-11-01T05:17:25Z

Melonhead: Quick creation of my page as an initial check.

Nothing special here, frankly.