200 KB DOCX sample file

A DOCX file of exactly 204,800 bytes. It is a valid Word document (Office Open XML) file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser. Use it wherever you need a 200 KB sample, test or dummy DOCX file.

sample-docx-200kb.docx

200 KB204,800 bytes

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Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
SHA-256: 0038ba266edcac2168fdb61c762f4c6c4449928799a2f43aeb212ed4a22a92fa
Direct URL: https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/docx/sample-docx-200kb.docx

What is in this file

A short Word document with headings, body text, a list and a table, plus one embedded test-card PNG of 168,706 bytes. The image is stored uncompressed and sized so that the document is exactly 204,800 bytes.

Contents	Headings, paragraphs, a bulleted list, a table and one image
Embedded image	PNG, 272 × 206 px
Macros	None
Tracked changes	None
Container	ZIP (Office Open XML)

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-docx-200kb.docx as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The DOCX signature is 50 4B 03 04.

00000000  50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 21 5c fc a7  |PK..........!\..|
00000010  ae d0 9d 01 00 00 fc 06 00 00 13 00 00 00 5b 43  |..............[C|
00000020  6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 5f 54 79 70 65 73 5d 2e 78 6d  |ontent_Types].xm|
00000030  6c b5 95 b1 6e db 30 10 86 f7 3e 85 a0 45 43 20  |l...n.0...>..EC |

Preview

DOCX files cannot be shown in a browser. Download the file and open it in an application that reads DOCX, such as Microsoft Word.

Where 200 KB matters

A 204,800-byte file: twice the default body limit of most API frameworks, and a common cap for photo and signature uploads on application forms. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	Rejected with 413 unless the limit is raised.
Amazon DynamoDB items	400 KB per item	200 KB fits, even after base64 encoding takes it to about 273 KB.
Azure Service Bus, Standard tier	256 KB per message	Fits as raw bytes, but not once base64-encoded.

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Use this file for

Testing image compression targets
Verifying MIME detection of ZIP-based formats
Testing text indexing and search

Testing notes for DOCX

Content sniffers often report DOCX as application/zip. Correct detection has to look inside the package for [Content_Types].xml.
The long MIME type is frequently mistyped in allow-lists, which makes valid Word files fail validation.

DOCX format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-docx-200kb.docx
Format	DOCX (Word document (Office Open XML))
Extension	.docx
MIME type	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size	204,800 bytes (200 KB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	50 4B 03 04
SHA-256	0038ba266edcac2168fdb61c762f4c6c4449928799a2f43aeb212ed4a22a92fa
Created	2026-10-10
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
Preview	Not available for this file; details only
Source	Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Documents

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sha256sum sample-docx-200kb.docx     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-docx-200kb.docx # macOS

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 200 KB?: Yes. It is 204,800 bytes, which is 200 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 200 KB DOCX file?: A short Word document with headings, body text, a list and a table, plus one embedded test-card PNG of 168,706 bytes. The image is stored uncompressed and sized so that the document is exactly 204,800 bytes.
Will these files open in Google Docs and LibreOffice?: Yes. They use standard Office Open XML with no macros, tracked changes or custom extensions.

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