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The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

File format
 
The format in which data is stored in a file.
Data can be stored in files in different file
formats. For example, Word normally stores a
document in "Word" file format, which includes
the text and all the formatting applied to the
document. A file can also be saved in "Text-Only"
file format, where the text is saved but without
any formatting; in "Text Only with Line Breaks"
format; or in "Rich Text Format" (RTF). Use the
File Save As command to save a document in a file
format other than Word file format. See also:
File; Import.