File format for MS Word

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From: Douglas Allen Luce
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 07:07

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We've recently had a rash of bad disks going around here.  Most of the
disks contain damaged Microsoft Word (4.0/5.0) files.  It appears that
some of the data is intact, but I usually cannot fully recover the
files.  Since people around these parts use lots of figures and
equations, merely getting the text back is usually not satisfactory.

I'm looking for a description of the MS Word format that I might
employ in detailed recovery analysis.  Just a document that explains
how the data fork is formatted, and some explanation of whatever
resources are used.

Any such thing out there?  I've not contacted Microsoft yet, having
traditionally had rotten luck getting them to even realize they sell
Macintosh software.

Along these same lines, I'm also seeking the format of Excel, Cricket
Graph, MacDraw, Cricket Draw, FrameMaker, MacWrite II, and PageMaker.

Thanks,

Doug Luce
Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon
dl2p+@andrew.cmu.edu
412/268-6095

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Date: 28 Dec 92 07:07:03 GMT
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