Bug 107585 (MSO-Formats)

Summary: [META] Microsoft Office binary, text and xml file formats
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) <philipz85>
Component: LibreOfficeAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: normal CC: cno, gang65, thomas.lendo, vsfoote
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Bug Depends on: 48354, 61195, 61606, 75057, 79512, 79543, 79695, 81234, 83571, 87761, 91263, 93488, 94774, 103859, 104442, 104520, 104527, 106547, 107841, 108226, 108230, 108398, 108897, 108908, 109072, 113331, 113364, 113869, 117177, 121362, 127182, 140202, 149658, 160239, 46520, 108894, 117496, 123466, 137605, 138787, 146171    
Bug Blocks: 108254    

Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-05-03 10:21:06 UTC

    
Comment 1 Volga 2017-09-17 05:46:00 UTC
The following resources can be used as references:

Office File Formats (Not including OOXML formats)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313118(v=office.12).aspx

Office Open XML File Formats (ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500)
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm
https://www.iso.org/committee/45374/x/catalogue/
Comment 2 Volga 2018-03-01 15:54:21 UTC
If you don’t have MS Office installed, you can try their online service to see the attached file to see what it should be looks like.

Steps to use:

1. Open a bug report from here.
2. Right click an attachment link, then select “Copy link adress”. Note: the attached file must be MS Office format, and not “Details” link at its right side.
3. Open http://www.officewebviewer.com
4. Paste the URL into input box, then click Create URL.
5. Click “preview in a new window”.
Comment 3 Volga 2019-02-24 03:26:13 UTC
From here we can see how does Microsoft did in their Office suite.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_standards/ms-offstandlp/d5784a8b-7070-466b-befa-b7bf3724c6f0