List of Microsoft Office filename extensions

The following is a list of Microsoft Office filename extensions, As of April 2014.

Word

Legacy: Legacy filename extensions denote binary Microsoft Word formats that are deprecated with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. Although the latest version of Microsoft Word can still open them, they are no longer developed. Legacy filename extensions include:

doc – Legacy Word document; Microsoft Office refers to them as "Microsoft Word 97 - 2003 Document"
dot – Legacy Word templates; officially designated "Microsoft Word 97 - 2003 Template"

OOXML: Office Open XML (OOXML) format was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007 and became the default format of Microsoft Word ever since. Pertaining file extensions include:

docx – For file extension of Word document
docm – Word macro-enabled document; same as docx, but may contain macros and scripts
dotx – Word template
dotm – Word macro-enabled template; same as dotx, but may contain macros and scripts
docb – Word binary document introduced in Microsoft Office 2007

Legacy: Legacy filename extensions denote binary Microsoft Excel formats that are deprecated with the release of Microsoft Office 2007. Although the latest version of Microsoft Excel can still open them, they are no longer developed. Legacy filename extensions include:

xls – Legacy Excel worksheets; officially designated "Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet"
xlt – Legacy Excel templates; officially designated "Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Template"
xlm – Excel macro

OOXML: Office Open XML (OOXML) format was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007 and became the default format of Microsoft Excel ever since. Excel-related file extensions of this format include:

xlsx – Excel workbook
xlsm – Excel macro-enabled workbook; same as xlsx but may contain macros and scripts
xltx – Excel template
xltm – Excel macro-enabled template; same as xltx but may contain macros and scripts

Other formats: Microsoft Excel uses dedicated file format that are not part of OOXML and use the following extensions:

Legacy

OOXML

Microsoft Access 2007 introduces a few new file extensions:

ACCDB – The file extension for the new Office Access 2007 file format. This takes the place of the MDB file extension.
ACCDE – The file extension for Office Access 2007 files that are in "execute only" mode. ACCDE files have all Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) source code hidden. A user of an ACCDE file can only execute VBA code, but not view or modify it. ACCDE takes the place of the MDE file extension.
ACCDT – The file extension for Access Database Templates.
ACCDR – is a new file extension that enables you to open a database in runtime mode. By simply changing a database's file extension from .accdb to .accdr, you can create a "locked-down" version of your Office Access database. You can change the file extension back to .accdb to restore full functionality.

Office suites
(Office 365)

Applications
(List)

Desktop	Access Excel Lync OneNote Outlook PowerPoint Project Publisher SharePoint Designer Visio Word Viewer

Server	Lync Server SharePoint Excel Services Project Server Search Server

Mobile	Outlook Mobile

Online	Calendar People OneDrive Outlook.com Sway

Office tools	Shared tools Ribbon Hero Ribbon Hero 2

Discontinued	Discontinued shared tools Accounting Entourage FrontPage InfoPath InterConnect Liquid Motion Live Meeting Mail Office Assistant Office Live PerformancePoint Server Picture Manager PhotoDraw Photo Editor Project Portfolio Server Schedule+ SharePoint Workspace Snapshot Viewer for Access Vizact

Technologies