Office/Exchange File Format,Specification and Protocol Documentation refreshed

Microsoft Office File Formats Documentation

The Microsoft Office file formats documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary file formats.

The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of file format relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

Version:	Date Published:
1113	11/20/2013
File name:	File size:
OfficeFileFormatsProtocols.zip	70.8 MB
[[ReadmefirstOffFileFormat]].pdf	137 KB
[MS-CTDOC].pdf	356 KB
[MS-CTXLS].pdf	419 KB
[MS-DOC].pdf	19.1 MB
[MS-DSEXPORT].pdf	485 KB
[MS-FFCHGTR].pdf	139 KB
[MS-ODCFF].pdf	840 KB
[MS-ODRAW].pdf	23.3 MB
[MS-OFCGLOS].pdf	1.6 MB
[MS-OFFCRYPTO].pdf	2.8 MB
[MS-OFFDI].pdf	766 KB
[MS-OFORMS].pdf	5.9 MB
[MS-OFREF].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-OGRAPH].pdf	5.9 MB
[MS-ONE].pdf	3.1 MB
[MS-ONESTORE].pdf	3.5 MB
[MS-OSHARED].pdf	6.3 MB
[MS-OVBA].pdf	2.9 MB
[MS-OWEMXML].pdf	1.1 MB
[MS-PPT].pdf	23.3 MB
[MS-PST].pdf	5.7 MB
[MS-WORDLFF].pdf	599 KB
[MS-XLDM].pdf	3.8 MB
[MS-XLS].pdf	41.5 MB
[MS-XLSB].pdf	41.1 MB

Microsoft Office Protocol Documentation

The Office protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in Microsoft Office client programs to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products.

The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

Version:	Date Published:
1113	11/20/2013
File name:	File size:
OfficeProto.zip	59.4 MB
[[ReadmefirstOffProto]].pdf	147 KB
[MS-ABS].pdf	2.5 MB
[MS-AVEDGEA].pdf	916 KB
[MS-CONFAS].pdf	1,009 KB
[MS-CONFAV].pdf	2.0 MB
[MS-CONFBAS].pdf	4.1 MB
[MS-CONFIM].pdf	1.6 MB
[MS-CONFPRO].pdf	1.5 MB
[MS-CONMGMT].pdf	738 KB
[MS-DLX].pdf	936 KB
[MS-DTMF].pdf	551 KB
[MS-E911WS].pdf	755 KB
[MS-EUMR].pdf	748 KB
[MS-EUMSDP].pdf	458 KB
[MS-GRVDYNM].pdf	982 KB
[MS-GRVHENC].pdf	4.5 MB
[MS-GRVPROT].pdf	1.7 MB
[MS-GRVRDB].pdf	584 KB
[MS-GRVSPCM].pdf	3.7 MB
[MS-GRVSPMR].pdf	1.7 MB
[MS-GRVSSTP].pdf	4.4 MB
[MS-GRVSSTPS].pdf	2.5 MB
[MS-GRVWDPP].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-H264PF].pdf	772 KB
[MS-ICE].pdf	738 KB
[MS-ICE2].pdf	1.1 MB
[MS-ICE2BWM].pdf	946 KB
[MS-IMESYN].pdf	416 KB
[MS-INFODCF].pdf	662 KB
[MS-MERX].pdf	623 KB
[MS-OBPAS].pdf	1.0 MB
[MS-OBPRS].pdf	1.0 MB
[MS-OCAUTHWS].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-OCDISCWS].pdf	667 KB
[MS-OCER].pdf	5.6 MB
[MS-OCEXUM].pdf	544 KB
[MS-OCGCWEB].pdf	404 KB
[MS-OCHGTR].pdf	231 KB
[MS-OCPROTO].pdf	1.9 MB
[MS-OCPSTN].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-OCSMP].pdf	1.7 MB
[MS-OCSPROT].pdf	3.6 MB
[MS-OFCGLOS].pdf	1.6 MB
[MS-OFREF].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-OMPWHP].pdf	606 KB
[MS-OMWWH].pdf	1.0 MB
[MS-PRES].pdf	4.3 MB
[MS-PSOM].pdf	1.9 MB
[MS-PWBDPS].pdf	643 KB
[MS-PWBHPS].pdf	1,002 KB
[MS-PWBPS].pdf	756 KB
[MS-PWEDPS].pdf	4.7 MB
[MS-PWPHP].pdf	478 KB
[MS-PWVPDP].pdf	2.4 MB
[MS-PWVRSC].pdf	760 KB
[MS-QoE].pdf	2.7 MB
[MS-RGSWS].pdf	902 KB
[MS-RTASPF].pdf	455 KB
[MS-RTP].pdf	2.3 MB
[MS-RTPRADEX].pdf	427 KB
[MS-RTVPF].pdf	775 KB
[MS-SDPEXT].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-SIPAE].pdf	1.1 MB
[MS-SIPAPP].pdf	950 KB
[MS-SIPCOMP].pdf	836 KB
[MS-SIPRE].pdf	2.4 MB
[MS-SIPREGE].pdf	2.2 MB
[MS-SRTP].pdf	510 KB
[MS-SSRTP].pdf	599 KB
[MS-STWEB].pdf	1,016 KB
[MS-TURN].pdf	1.8 MB
[MS-TURNBWM].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-UDCX].pdf	848 KB
[MS-WOPI].pdf	1.1 MB
[MS-XCCOSIP].pdf	1.5 MB
[MS-XMLMC].pdf	511 KB

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Standards Support

This documentation provides detailed support information for the Open Document Format (ODF) and Open XML (ECMA-376 and ISO/IEC-29500) file formats implemented in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Version:	Date Published:
1113	11/20/2013
File name:	File size:
MSOFFSTAND.zip	38.8 MB
[[ReadmefirstOStand]].pdf	140 KB
[MS-CUSTOMUI].pdf	11.1 MB
[MS-CUSTOMUI2].pdf	3.3 MB
[MS-DOCX].pdf	2.4 MB
[MS-ODRAWXML].pdf	4.8 MB
[MS-OE376].pdf	17.3 MB
[MS-OFCGLOS].pdf	1.6 MB
[MS-OFFMACRO].pdf	930 KB
[MS-OFFMACRO2].pdf	828 KB
[MS-OFREF].pdf	1.4 MB
[MS-OI29500].pdf	15.6 MB
[MS-OODF].pdf	8.7 MB
[MS-OODF2].pdf	9.0 MB
[MS-OODF3].pdf	8.4 MB
[MS-OSTANCHGTR].pdf	128 KB
[MS-OWEXML].pdf	565 KB
[MS-PPTX].pdf	2.6 MB
[MS-XLSX].pdf	6.4 MB

Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook Standards Documentation

The Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook standards documentation describes how Exchange and Outlook support industry messaging standards and Requests for Comments (RFCs) documents about iCalendar, Internet Message Access Protocol – Version 4 (IMAP4), and Post Office Protocol – Version 3 (POP3).

 

Version:	Date Published:
17.0	11/20/2013
File name:	File size:
Exchange_Standards.zip	4.0 MB
[[ReadmefirstMSExStand]].pdf	143 KB
[MS-OXGLOS].pdf	668 KB
[MS-OXREF].pdf	710 KB
[MS-STANOICAL].pdf	2.3 MB
[MS-STANOIMAP].pdf	548 KB
[MS-STANOPOP3].pdf	400 KB
[MS-STANOXCHGTR].pdf	111 KB
[MS-STANXICAL].pdf	2.0 MB
[MS-STANXIMAP].pdf	510 KB
[MS-STANXPOP3].pdf	414 KB

That's some lite reading for the coming holidays... :)

 

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