The .DOC format stands for Microsoft’s proprietary word document. This file type is arguably one of the most popular file type in the computing world today.

The DOC is the previous version of the current DOCX but both file have a very similar structure and the word software offers compatibility for both the versions. The DOC files became very popular for business writing in the early era of IT boom and continue to be the top choice for written text files as the file type offers plenty of formatting and design options apart from the simple text writing which other word processing software fail to do so.