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Novell introduced PerfectWorks to replace the WordPerfect Works product<ref>https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1995/04/pr00048.html</ref><ref>https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1995/08/pr00199.html</ref>. A kids version of the software suite was released as well<ref>https://www.worldcat.org/title/novell-perfectworks-for-kids/oclc/38959810</ref>.
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Novell introduced PerfectWorks to replace the WordPerfect Works product<ref>https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1995/04/pr00048.html</ref><ref>https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1995/08/pr00199.html</ref>. A kids version of the software suite was released as well<ref>https://www.worldcat.org/title/novell-perfectworks-for-kids/oclc/38959810</ref>. PerfectWorks was later sold and became ArkoseWorks<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000601081315/http://www.arkose.com/arkoseworks/upgrade.htm</ref><ref>http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/chronology.html</ref>.
  
 
==File Identification==
 
==File Identification==

Latest revision as of 20:15, 11 December 2020

File Format
Name PerfectWorks
Ontology
Extension(s) .wpw
Released 1995

Novell introduced PerfectWorks to replace the WordPerfect Works product[1][2]. A kids version of the software suite was released as well[3]. PerfectWorks was later sold and became ArkoseWorks[4][5].

[edit] File Identification

PerfectWorks files follow the same format as a standard WordPerfect file format, but uses an extension of .WPW[6] and with a product code of 0x25 at byte 8 instead of the common 0x01 for WordPerfect[7].

[edit] References

  1. https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1995/04/pr00048.html
  2. https://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/1995/08/pr00199.html
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/title/novell-perfectworks-for-kids/oclc/38959810
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20000601081315/http://www.arkose.com/arkoseworks/upgrade.htm
  5. http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/chronology.html
  6. https://www.danielsays.com/ssg-win1x2x3x-npw21.html
  7. https://github.com/OneWingedShark/WordPerfect/blob/master/doc/SDK_Help/FileFormats/WPFF_DocumentStructure.htm
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