5 Appendix A: Product Behavior

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The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Microsoft Office 97

  • Microsoft Office 2000

  • Microsoft Office XP

  • Microsoft Office 2003

  • the 2007 Microsoft Office system

  • Microsoft Office 2010 suites

  • Microsoft Office 2013

  • Microsoft Office 2016

  • Microsoft Office 2019

  • Microsoft Office 2021

  • Microsoft Office 2024 Preview

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 1.5:  These persistence formats provide interoperability with applications that create or read documents conforming to this structure, including Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft Excel 2000, Microsoft Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 97, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. These persistence formats can also be used for interoperability with Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Word 2013, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel2010, Microsoft Excel 2013, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, or Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 when compatibility with Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, and Office PowerPoint 2003 is a primary concern.

<2> Section 2.3.1.6:  In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, cCL specifies the number of toolbar controls in the toolbar. In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 cCL does not specify the number of toolbar controls in the toolbar and the value of cCL is equal to 0xFF (-1).

<3> Section 2.3.1.8:  In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013, fCtlModified can be 0 and the toolbar can still save its toolbar controls to the file. In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fCtlModified is equal to 1 and ignored.

<4> Section 2.3.1.12:  In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013, fNoSetCursor is equal to 0 if the tcid value of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001. In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fNoSetCursor is equal to the appropriate value listed in [MS-CTXLS] section 2.2 if the tcid value of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001.

<5> Section 2.3.1.12:  In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fNoAccel is equal to 0 if the tct value of the TBCHeader structure (section 2.3.1.10) that contains this structure is equal to 0x0F. Otherwise, if tct is not equal to 0x0F, fNoAccel is equal to 1. In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013, fNoAccel is equal to the appropriate value listed in [MS-CTDOC] section 2.2 if the tcid value of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001.

<6> Section 2.3.1.12:  In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 fAlwaysEnabled is equal to 0 if the tcid value of the TBCHeader structure (section 2.3.1.10) that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001. In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fAlwaysEnabled is equal to the appropriate value listed in [MS-CTXLS] section 2.2 if the tcid value of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001.

<7> Section 2.3.1.12:  In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013, fExclusivePopup is equal to 0. In Excel 97, and Excel 2000, fExclusivePopup is equal to 1 when the tcid field of the TBCHeader structure (section 2.3.1.10) that contains this structure equals 0x0001. In Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fExclusivePopup is equal to 1 when the tcid field of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure equals 0x0001 and when the tct field the TBCHeader structure (section 2.3.1.10) that contains this structure equals one of the following values: 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, or 0x0E. In Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fExclusivePopup is equal to 0 when the tcid field of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure equals 1 and when the tct field the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal any of the following values: 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, and 0x0E. In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fExclusivePopup is equal to the appropriate value listed in [MS-CTXLS] section 2.2 if the tcid value of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001.

<8> Section 2.3.1.12:  In Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013, fDefaultBehavior is equal to 0. In Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, fDefaultBehavior is equal to 0 when the tcid field of the TBCHeader structure (section 2.3.1.10) that contains this structure equals 0x0001 and is equal to 1 when the tcid field of the TBCHeader structure that contains this structure does not equal 0x0001.

<9> Section 2.3.1.18:  In Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013, reserved1 is equal to 1. In Word 97, and Excel 97, reserved1 is equal to 0 and ignored.

<10> Section 2.3.2.4.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 use the MD5 algorithm to create the signature digest, specified by the identifier "1.2.840.113549.2.5".

<11> Section 2.3.2.4.4.2:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 do not provide a value for the programName string when signing the VBA project.  However, if one is provided the applications interpret it.

<12> Section 2.3.2.4.4.2:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the moreInfo field when signing the VBA project. However, if the field is provided, the applications interpret it.

<13> Section 2.3.2.5.3:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 write properties in the digital certificate store as a byproduct of the way the digital certificate store is constructed, but none of the properties specify any behavior and are ignored when encountered.

<14> Section 2.3.3:  A minimal document is not required to contain this property set storage, but all files written through a standard save operation by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 include this property set storage.

<15> Section 2.3.3.1.4:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 do not constrain this value on write, but enforce this constraint on read.

<16> Section 2.3.3.1.4:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 write out the count of bytes including padding and the null-terminating character.

<17> Section 2.3.3.1.4:  The [MS-OLEPS] specification requires that padding is done with 0x00 values, but Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 write out arbitrary values for their padding in this case.

<18> Section 2.3.3.1.5:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 do not constrain this value on write, but enforce this constraint on read.

<19> Section 2.3.3.1.6:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 do not constrain this value on write, but enforce this constraint on read.

<20> Section 2.3.3.1.6:  The [MS-OLEPS] specification requires that padding is done with 0x00 values, but Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 write out arbitrary values for their padding in this case.

<21> Section 2.3.3.1.18:  For PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 document content, other than hyperlinks on shapes, the value is 0x00000007.

<22> Section 2.3.3.1.18:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 generate this value as specified in [MS-DOC] section 2.4.7. Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 generate this value as specified in [MS-XLS] section 2.7.1. For PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013, the value is 0x00000006.

<23> Section 2.3.3.1.18:  For hyperlinks on shapes, this value is generated as specified in [MS-ODRAW] section 2.5.1. For hyperlinks in other Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 document content, this value is 0x00000005. For hyperlinks in other Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 document content, this value is 0x00000006. For hyperlinks in other PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 document content, this value is 0x0000007.

<24> Section 2.3.3.2.1.1:  The GKPIDSI_PAGECOUNT property is written and interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 only. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<25> Section 2.3.3.2.1.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 can write an estimate for this value. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 will calcuPIDSIlate an accurate value for this property on each save.

<26> Section 2.3.3.2.1.1:  The GKPIDSI_WORDCOUNT property is written and interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013. Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<27> Section 2.3.3.2.1.1:  The GKPIDSI_CHARCOUNT property is written and interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 only. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<28> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_PRESFORMAT property is written and interpreted by PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 only. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, write an empty string for the value, or preserve a read value from an existing file but ignore it.

<29> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Only written by PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, and Office PowerPoint 2003.

<30> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Only written by Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013.

<31> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Only written by Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013.

<32> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Only written by Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013.

<33> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_BYTECOUNT property is written by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 only. Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or preserve an existing value but ignore it. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 usually omit this property or in some scenarios write a value that is inaccurate for this property, because Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 only set or update this property when the BuiltInDocumentProperties property is called from the application’s document object model and do not recalculate it on save.

<34> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_LINECOUNT property is written and interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 only. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<35> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  In some cases Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 write an estimate for this value. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 will calculate an accurate value for this property on each save.

<36> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_PARACOUNT property is written and interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013. Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<37> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_SLIDECOUNT property is written and interpreted by PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 only. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, write 0, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<38> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_NOTECOUNT property is written and interpreted by PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 only. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, write 0, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<39> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_HIDDENCOUNT property is written and interpreted by PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 only. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, write 0, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<40> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_MMCLIPCOUNT property is written and interpreted by PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 only. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, write 0, or preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<41> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_LINKSDIRTY property is interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 only. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 write 0x00000000 for the property value. Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 will preserve an existing value but ignore it (though in the value preservation case, a nonzero value will get converted to the value 0xFFFFFFF on save). PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 fix up linked fields regardless of the state of this property. Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 write the GKPIDDSI_LINKSDIRTY property as FALSE (0x00000000) because they write out updated linked property values, if applicable, in the User Defined Property Set (section 2.3.3.2.3) when saving a document.

<42> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  The GKPIDDSI_CCHWITHSPACES property is written and interpreted by Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 only. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 omit the property, or will preserve an existing value but ignore it.

<43> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 write the GKPIDDSI_HYPERLINKSCHANGED property as FALSE because the applications write out an updated "_PID_HLINKS" property, if applicable, in the User Defined Property Set (section 2.3.3.2.3) when saving a document.

<44> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Office Excel 2003 write their respective application minor version numbers as the minor version number portion of the GKPIDDSI_VERSION property.

<45> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 use this property for storing their VBA digital signature. Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 store their VBA digital signature in an unrelated location and will not write this property. Word 97, PowerPoint 97, and Excel 97 do not write digital signatures for VBA.

<46> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Office Excel 2003 do not write this property, but preserve an existing value if it already exists. Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 will write this property if opening a file from or saving a file to a Windows SharePoint Services document library, in which case they will write the value "document".

<47> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Office Excel 2003 do not write this property, but preserve an existing value if it already exists.

<48> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 do not write this property, but preserve an existing value if it already exists.

<49> Section 2.3.3.2.2.1:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 do not write this property, but preserve an existing value if it already exists.

<50> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Excel 97 and Word 97 write a random GUID for the _PID_GUID property if the property does not yet exist. PowerPoint 97 writes a random GUID for this property on document creation only.

<51> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The _MarkAsFinal property applies only to Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013. Other applications do not write this property and ignore it on read, but preserve an existing value.

<52> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The Microsoft Theme property applies only to Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013. Other applications do not write this property and ignore it on read, but preserve an existing value.

<53> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The Presentation property applies only to Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013. Other applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but preserve an existing value.

<54> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The SlideDescription property applies only to Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013. Other applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but preserve an existing value.

<55> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The _AllowSignedDocumentWithoutReadOnly property applies only to Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013. Previous versions of the applications ignore this property, but preserve an existing value.

<56> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The _TemplateID property applies only to Office Word 2003, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013. Previous versions of the applications ignore this property but preserve an existing value.

<57> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Unless otherwise specified, these properties apply only to Office Word 2003, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013. Previous versions of the applications do not write these values and ignore them on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<58> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  The _CheckOutSrcUrl property applies only to Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013. Previous versions of the applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<59> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Regardless of case, "none" is considered an invalid identifier for a smart document solution by Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013.

<60> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 read and write this property. Other applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<61> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 read and write this property. Other applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<62> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 read and write this property. Other applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<63> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Regardless of case, "none" is considered an invalid identifier for a solution by Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013.

<64> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 read and write this property. Other applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<65> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  For Office Word 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 documents, these solutions are generated through Visual Studio Tools for Office document add-in solutions. Managed code document add-in solutions are not supported by other applications or versions.

<66> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 interpret this property and support managed code document add-in solutions. Other applications ignore the property on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<67> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 interpret this property and support managed code document add-in solutions. Other applications ignore the property on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<68> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Unless otherwise specified, these properties apply only to Word 2002, PowerPoint 2002, Excel 2002, Office Word 2003, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013. Previous versions of the applications do not write these values and ignore them on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<69> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 read and write this property. Previous versions of the applications do not write this value and ignore it on read, but will preserve an existing value.

<70> Section 2.3.3.2.3.2:  Office Word 2003, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office Excel 2003, Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, Office Excel 2007, Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Excel 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Excel 2013 ignore this property unless the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\<version>\Outlook\Options\Mail has a DWORD value named "AdHocReviewBehavior" with a value of 0, where <version> is "11.0" for Office Word 2003, Office PowerPoint 2003, and Office Excel 2003; "12.0" for Office Word 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, and Office Excel 2007; "14.0" for Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and Excel 2010; or "15.0" for Word 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Excel 2013.

<71> Section 2.3.3.2.3.3:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013 create links to bookmarks for their linked properties, where the link entry’s value is the name of the bookmark. Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013 create links to named ranges for their linked properties, where the link entry’s value is the name of the range. PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, and PowerPoint 2013 create links to bookmark portions of slide content for their linked properties, where the link entry’s value is the identifier of the bookmarked slide content.

<72> Section 2.3.6:  Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Office Excel 2003 do not create this storage.

<73> Section 2.3.6.1.4:  Custom XML data item with the target namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/coverPageProps is only written by Office Word 2007, Word 2010, and Word 2013.

<74> Section 4.3:  If the digest data of the digital signature is not MD5 encoded, the signature will not be verified by existing versions of Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Office Word 2003, Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, Office PowerPoint 2003, Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Office Excel 2003, Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013.