Editing Doc (computing) (section)

{{short description|Filename extension}}
{{Infobox file format
| name          = Word Document
| icon          = .doc icon.svg
| iconcaption   = Icon as used in [[Microsoft Word]] 9.0 and 2002
| extension     = doc
| mime          = application/msword<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/msword |title=IME Content-Type/Subtype - application/msword |publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]] |date=1993-07-22 |access-date=2012-06-20}}</ref>
| magic         = 
| standard      = 
| open          = Yes
| url           = 
| logo          = 
| type code     = 
| uniform type  = com.microsoft.word.doc<ref>{{citation |url=https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Miscellaneous/Reference/UTIRef/UTIRef.pdf |title=Uniform Type Identifiers Reference |publisher=Apple |access-date=2012-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/understanding_utis/utilist/chapter_4_section_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001319-CH205-BHACGADF
    |title=System-Declared Uniform Type Identifiers (Mac OS X v10.4)
    |date=2008-04-08
    |work=Apple Developer Connection
    |publisher=Apple Inc.}}</ref>
| owner         = [[Microsoft]]
| latest release version = 12.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|8|20|df=yes}}<ref name="ms-doc-specification"/>
| genre         = [[document file format]]
| container for = Text, Image,Table
| contained by  = 
| extended from = [[Compound File Binary Format]] (since 97)
| extended to   = [[Microsoft Office XML formats]], [[Office Open XML]]
}}
'''.doc''' (an abbreviation of "[[document]]") is a [[filename extension]] used for [[word processing]] documents stored on [[Microsoft]]'s [[Proprietary format|proprietary]] '''Microsoft Word Binary File Format'''; it was the primary format for Microsoft Word until the [[Microsoft Office 2007|2007]] version replaced it with [[Office Open XML]] <code>.docx</code> files.<ref name="ms-doc-specification" /> Microsoft has used the extension since 1983.