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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.
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.  
* WLMM uses the WLMP file format. This is in raw XML which can be easily viewed by the end user.
 
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=