Application Name

The application most commonly associated with the file.

Category

Common

Type

string

Table view

Y

Examples

  • Microsoft Office

  • Numbers

  • Word

Native

Y

Exportable

Y

Tip

This field does not always show the name of the application that created the file. For example, if a document was created in Pages on a MacBook and then exported as a .docx file, the Application Name is Microsoft Word.

Examples

  1. Search term: word

    Exact match

    Off

    Matches

    • Microsoft Office Word

    • Word 9.0

    Doesn’t match

    • Microsoft Excel

  2. Search term = 9.0

    Exact match

    Off

    Matches

    • Microsoft Word 9.0

    • Camtasia Studio 9.0.0

    Doesn’t match

    • Microsoft Excel 12.0

  3. Search term = Microsoft Office Powerpoint

    Exact match

    On

    Matches

    • Microsoft Office Powerpoint

    Doesn’t match

    • bMicrosoft Office Word