Editing Document file format (section)

==Common document file formats==
Below is a list of some of the more common document file formats, common [[file extension]]s used by the formats in parentheses: 
* [[ASCII]], [[UTF-8]] (.txt, others) — any of some plain text encodings that may have differing [[line ending]]s depending on what system they were created or edited on
* [[Amigaguide]] (.guide) — a [[hypertext]] document format designed for the [[Amiga]] that is used to document Amiga programs
* [[Microsoft Word]] (.doc, .docx) — structural binary ([[DOC (computing)|.doc]]) and XML-based text formats ([[OOXML|.docx]]) developed primarily by Microsoft, both of which are subject to the [[Microsoft Open Specification Promise]] and are used to store [[word processing]] documents<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx |title=Microsoft Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) File Formats |website=[[Microsoft]] |date=2008-02-15 |access-date=2010-03-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308012827/http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx |archive-date=2009-03-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313153.aspx |title=MS-DOC - Word Binary File Format (.doc) Structure Specification |author=Microsoft Corporation |date=2010-07-23 |access-date=2010-08-08}}</ref>
* [[DjVu]] (.djv, .djvu) — a file format designed primarily to store scanned documents, especially ones containing a mixture of text, line drawings, and images<ref name="DjVu">{{cite web|url=http://djvu.org/resources/whatisdjvu.php|title=What is DjVu - DjVu.org|work=DjVu.org|access-date=2009-03-05|archive-date=2019-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121142932/http://www.djvu.org/resources/whatisdjvu.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[DocBook]] (.dbk, .xml) — an XML-based format intended for writing technical documentation
* [[HTML]] (.html, .htm) — an [[ad hoc]] hypertext document format originally created for the [[World Wide Web]], initially developed as an [[open standard]] by the [[W3C]] and currently being developed as one by the [[WHATWG]]
* [[FictionBook]] (.fb2, .fb3) — an open, XML-based [[e-book]] format that originated and gained popularity in Russia
* [[Markdown]] (.md) — a simple, plain text markup language with several different implementations that is popular on blogs and content management systems
* [[OpenDocument]] (.odt, .fodt) — an open, XML-based standard for office documents, including word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics
* [[OpenOffice.org XML]] (.sxw, .sxc, .sxd, .sxi, others) — an open, XML-based format for office documents including word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and formulas
* [[Open XML Paper Specification]] (.xps, .oxps) — an [[XAML]]-based page description format designed by Microsoft (.xps), intended to compete with the Portable Document Format (PDF) and was later standardized by [[Ecma International]] as ECMA-388 (.oxps)
* PalmDOC (.pdb) — a special version of the [[PDB (Palm OS)|PDB]] record database format used by [[Palm OS]] used to store e-books and other text documents for handheld devices
* [[Pages (word processor)|Pages]] (.pages) — a document file format used to store word processing documents for [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s Pages app, as a part of its [[iWork]] office suite
* [[Portable Document Format]] (.pdf) — a now standardized (ISO 32000), open format based on [[PostScript]], developed by [[Adobe]] in 1992, that is able to store documents, forms, [[rich media]], and graphics (PDF and [[PDF/UA]]) for document exchange ([[PDF/X]] and [[PDF/VT]]), archival ([[PDF/A]]), and engineering ([[PDF/E]]) 
* [[PostScript]] (.ps) — a page description and programming language designed by Adobe for use with printing, display systems, and storing documents
* [[Rich Text Format]] (.rtf) — a [[proprietary format|proprietary]] document format developed by Microsoft for [[cross-platform]] document interchange with Microsoft products<ref name="rtf191">{{cite web |title=Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification Version 1.9.1 |url=https://interoperability.blob.core.windows.net/files/Archive_References/%5bMSFT-RTF%5d.pdf
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708132914/http://www.kleinlercher.at/tools/Windows_Protocols/Word2007RTFSpec9.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[Symbolic Link (SYLK)|Symbolic Link]] (.slk) — a plain text ASCII format created by Microsoft in the 1980s to exchange data between spreadsheet applications
* [[Scalable Vector Graphics]] (.svg) — an XML-based [[vector image format]] for defining two-dimensional graphics that has support for animations and interactive content
* [[TeX]] (.tex) — a plain text format for describing complex types and page layouts that is often used for mathematical, technical, and academic publications
* [[Text Encoding Initiative#TEI guidelines|Text Encoding Initiative]] (.xml) — a primarily XML-based format for semantically marking up text, used primarily in the field of [[digital humanities]] to provide detailed representations of the components and concepts that make up a document
* [[troff]] (.tmac, .man, others) — short for "typesetter roff", a typesetting markup language developed by [[Bell Labs]] from the original [[roff (software)|roff]] program for [[Unix]]
* [[Uniform Office Format]] (.uof, .uot, .uos, .uop) — a standardized, XML-based open format designed for use with office applications developed in China, with support for word processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
* [[WordPerfect]] (.wpd, .wp, .wp7) — a proprietary format now owned by [[Alludo]] used to store and represent word processing documents