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5 Appendix A: Product Behavior

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The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Microsoft Office 97

  • Microsoft Office 2000

  • Microsoft Office XP

  • Microsoft Office 2003

  • the 2007 Microsoft Office system

  • Microsoft Office 2010 suites

  • Microsoft Office 2013

  • Microsoft Office 2016

  • Microsoft Office 2019

  • Microsoft Office 2021

  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2024

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 1.5:  This persistence format provides interoperability with applications that create or read documents conforming to this structure, including Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Word 2010 and later, Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft Excel 2000, Microsoft Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel 2010 and later, Microsoft PowerPoint 97, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and later.

<2> Section 2.1.1.9:  Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 5.0 (VBA 5.0) does not require the name to be an identifier.

<3> Section 2.3.1.11:  VBA 5.0 uses the file name of the containing document.

<4> Section 2.3.1.14:  VBA 5.0 does not write this record.

<5> Section 2.3.1.15:  VBA 5.0 will save 0x00000000 regardless of protection state.

<6> Section 2.3.1.16:  VBA 5.0 will save the encrypted plain text password.

<7> Section 2.3.4.2.1.12: Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) will write user-specified values between −32768 and 32767. However, VBA will only read values between -9999 and 32767.

<8> Section 2.3.4.2.2.3:  VBA 5.0 uses LibidTwiddled to specify a twiddled type library