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=File Formats= | =File Formats= | ||
Each major release of WMM uses a different file format for project files. | Each major release of WMM uses a different file format for project files. | ||
2.X and 6.0 use the MSWMM format. They can be read between versions (for the most part), as well as converted to work in WLMM. | |||
The contents of these files cannot be read by a text editor, they are in the Microsoft Compound Document File Format for OLE Structured Storage (MCDF). A program like [https://github.com/ironfede/openmcdf OpenMCDF] can be used to view and modify these files; however they contain a checksum which needs to be updated to view the file as valid (which has not been figured out yet). | |||
WLMM uses the WLMP file format. This is in raw XML which can be easily viewed by the end user. | |||
=Effects and Transitions= | =Effects and Transitions= | ||