Envoy

File Format
Name	Envoy
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Envoy
Extension(s)	.evy
PRONOM	fmt/1286, fmt/1287
Type Code	EVYD
Wikidata ID	Q5381415
Released	1993

Envoy was a portable document format released around the same time as the PDF format. It was included in the WordPerfect office suite. Two versions Envoy 1 and Envoy 7 were released. Files were created by printing to a special print driver and opened in a Envoy viewer. Originally developed by Tumbleweed software

File Format

Envoy files have the extension .EVY, compression was changed from LZW in version 1 to LZSS in version 7. Version 1 files can be opened in Envoy 7 viewer. Macintosh versions of Envoy were also created.

File Identification

Version 1 .EVY files begin with the hex values "32 5E 10 10"

Version 7 .EVY files begin with the hex values "B2 97 E1 69"

Screenshots

Software

• Envoy Software for Win95 & Mac
• Corel Wordperfect Office Suite 8 with Envoy 7 viewer

Sample Files

• Sample EVY file from Corel WP Suite v6.1
• Corel Classic Books in Envoy format
• Samples from Tumbleweed Software
• dexvert samples — document/envoy

Links

• Envoy : Wikipedia
• Reading Envoy 7 Documents