What is a .DOT file?
DOT is a legacy Microsoft Word template.
- Did you know
- DOT was Word’s template format before the XML-based DOTX.
- DOT was Word’s template format, holding the styles, layout and boilerplate that new documents are built from.
- A .DOT file uses Microsoft's OLE Compound File container - the same wrapper as the legacy .doc and .xls binaries.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more document, ebook and publishing files: Scribus (.sla/.scd version, pages, fonts), MS Works and Windows Write, Word 97 templates (.dot), StarOffice 5.x binary docs, Shanda Bambook and Sony BBeB (.lrf/.lrx) ebooks, FrameMaker, document templates and legacy PageMaker.
- Depth of analysis
- .DOT is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .DOT file
- Drag a .DOT file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.