DisplayWrite

File Format
Name	DisplayWrite
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Word Processor DisplayWrite ; ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.doc
PRONOM	x-fmt/288, x-fmt/289
Wikidata ID	Q66439286

DisplayWrite was an early Word Processing program built by IBM based on the IBM DisplayWriter dedicated system^[1]^[2].

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Depending on version, DisplayWrite saves documents to a proprietary binary format with the extension .DOC^[3]^[4]. Versions 4, 4.2, and 5 files have the BOF hex values 80000009 20004F7B 4A5D1800 1460 for the first 14 bytes^[5]^[6]^[7].

DisplayWrite software cannot save to other word processing formats, making it difficult to migrate content. Many other software titles can import DisplayWrite files, like WordPerfect^[8]^[9].

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DCA - Document Content Architecture^[10]
- RFT - Revisable Format Text
- FFT - Final Form text

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[0] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DisplayWrite

[1] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=Pq3POofPsBEC&lpg=PA248&pg=PA238#v=onepage&q&f=false

[2] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DisplayWrite#File_format

[3] ttps://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmpcappsDDisplayWrite4ReferenceAug86_7757256/page/n101/mode/2up

[4] ttps://file-extension.net/seeker/file_extension_doc

[5] ttps://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmpcappsDDisplayWrite4TechnicalReferenceAug86_2910411/page/n63/mode/2up

[6] ttps://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibmpcappsD030IBMDisplayWrite52TechnicalReferenceMa_4268401/page/n95/mode/2up

[7] ttps://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/217086007-What-file-formats-are-supported-by-WordPerfect

[8] ttps://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/tag/displaywrite/

[9] ttp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/pc/apps/DisplayWrite_4/74X9315_DisplayWrite_4_Technical_Reference_Aug86.pdf#page=73

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