What is DOT? DOT, short name for Document Template, is used as the file extension for files in Microsoft Word Document Template format. .DOT files are binary files that can be opened by Microsoft Word software. See the sample .DOT file included below.

File Extension: .DOT

MIME Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

File Content: Word Document Template

.DOT files are document files saved in Word Document Template format. Here are the first 64 bytes of a sample .DOT file dumped in HEX values:

d0 cf 11 e0 a1 b1 1a e1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3e 00 03 00 fe ff 09 00 ................
06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ................
26 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 28 00 00 00 ................

.DOT Word Document Template file sample: Click sample.dot to download.

.DOT Word Document Template files can be created and modified by these software:

• Microsoft Office - Opens and creates .DOT Word Document Template files
• Apache OpenOffice - Opens .DOT Word Document Template files