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Microsoft Word document template (up to Microsoft Word 2003 version)

File type: Document file, Microsoft Office file

A dot file extension is used by Microsoft Word, a word processor that is distributed as a part of Microsoft Office. A dot file contains document template (predefined document type and format). A dot file extension is used by Microsoft Word 97 to 2003.

Found 5 different file type records with the same dot filename suffix.

What is dot file?

File type category:
Document file
Microsoft Office file

Date updated: January 3, 2025

The dot file extension is associated with Microsoft Word, a powerful authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with the easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, which is part of Microsoft Office.

The dot files are used in Microsoft Word 97 to 2003 for document template files.

The .dot templates are used, when users wants to create several doc with same formatting.

The latest versions of Microsoft Office use the Open XML file format and the Word documents are stored in the docx or in the template docm.

MIME types:
application/msword
application/dot
application/x-dot
application/doc
application/microsoft_word
application/mswor2c
application/x-msword
zz-application/zz-winassoc-dot

How to open dot file?

Use Microsoft Word to open *.dot files.

How to convert dot file?

After you have opened *.dot template in Word, you can save it to another supported file format (DOC by default).

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Associated software actions with the dot file

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Software applications that can edit dot files:

Software capable of saving dot files:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Linux/Unix

Multiplatform

Programs for viewing dot files:

Software apps that create dot files:

Software apps that convert dot files:

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Linux/Unix

Multiplatform

Software applications that handle other tasks involving dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Multiplatform

Articles about dot files

Bert's Dinosaurs game data

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: April 3, 2019

The dot file extension is also related to one of the ame files used in the Bert's Dinosaurs coloring program for children, available for Microsoft Windows operating system.

This type of .dot file stores various game data for Bert's Dinosaurs.

How to open dot file?

You probably cannot access this particular *.dot file manually, it is loaded automatically by the program.

How to convert dot file?

This type of *.dot files cannot be converted to anything else.

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Associated software actions with the dot file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving dot files:

Microsoft MS-DOS

CorelDRAW lines definition

File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file

Date updated: December 11, 2024

The dot file extension is associated with the CorelDRAW, a vector graphics editor for Microsoft Windows operating system developed and sold by the Corel Corporation.

The .dot files contain lines definitions.

How to open dot file?

Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.

How to convert dot file?

Probably cannot be converted to anything else.

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Software apps that manage or store settings in dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Graphviz DOT language data

File type category:
Source code and script file

Date updated: December 31, 2024

The dot file extension is also used for file written in DOT, a plain text graph description language used by Graphviz, a free software tool package for drawing graphs, originally developed by AT&T Labs Research.

How to open dot file?

You can generally open these files in any text editor.

How to convert dot file?

We do not know about particular conversion for this source file, but you can work with it like with any other text file.

Suggested software to open dot file:

Associated software actions with the dot file

Software applications that can open dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Software applications that can edit dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Software capable of saving dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Software apps that create dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Software applications that handle other tasks involving dot files:

Microsoft Windows

Ribbons Molecular surface data

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: September 20, 2018

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The dot file extension used by the Ribbons Molecular for surface file.

The dot extension for surface dot files is not required, but is recommended. Dot files consist of 8 required fields.

Suggested software to open dot file:

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Ribbons
A molecular graphics software

Associated software actions with the dot file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving dot files:

Microsoft Windows

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