# New File Format?

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**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/new-file-format/772925 "2022-03-10T00:04:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/new-file-format/772925/4 "2022-03-10T18:43:36Z")

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Yes, we change Dorico’s file format frequently. Any time we add even a single new option, that is a file format change.

But you don’t need to worry about changes in file format. Dorico 1.0 can open files saved in Dorico 4.0, but obviously there will be a lot of data loss as Dorico 1.0 doesn’t know anything about (to name just a few things) chord symbols, chord diagrams, repeat endings, unpitched percussion kits, cues, condensing, markers and timecode, etc. etc.

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