Welcome to the Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator Reference

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[This is prerelease documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]

Applies to: Excel | Office 2007 | Office client | PowerPoint | Word

Welcome to Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator Beta. This reference contains conceptual, reference, and code sample topics to guide you in using Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator Beta to validate binary file format files for the following files and applications:

  • .doc files for Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2000, and Microsoft Office Word 2003. These file formats are also understood by Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Word 2010.

  • .xls files for Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft Excel 2000, and Microsoft Office Excel 2003. These file formats are also understood by Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft Excel 2010.

  • .ppt files for Microsoft PowerPoint 97, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. These file formats are also understood by Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

This command-line tool runs without requiring an installation of Word, Excel or PowerPoint on the computer.

Publish date of this reference: July 2011

This documentation is available from the MSDN Library. To view the most recent version in your browser, see How to Use the Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator in the MSDN Library. For installation information, see How to: Install Microsoft Office Binary File Format Validator.

You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes.

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