HWP file format
| File extension | .hwp |
| File category | documents |
| Programs | Hancom Office Planamesa NeoOffice Hancom Office Viewer |
| Description | This is a Hanword Document formerly called Hangul Word Processor. Hangul is an alphabet used in the Korean language. This can be used to save documents written in Hangul, making it a popular word processing system in Korea. This word processing document contains the same functionality as several other words processing documents like text, graphics, and formatting functions. |
| Technical details | Changes in the HWP file format and changes in the Microsoft product line have raised questions about whether Microsoft products can open HWP files. So, OpenOffice.org can open a document from Hangul 97. However, due to alterations to the Hangul software, OpenOffice cannot open a document created after 97. These alterations have also made users send their works to others, not knowing it cannot be opened, but it can be using an online document converter. |
| MIME type | application/x-hwp application/octet-stream |