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title: Text sample data
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: article
role_heading: Article
path: quicktime-file-format/text_sample_data
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# Text sample data

An atom that contains text data.

## Overview

Overview The format of the text data is a 16-bit length word followed by the actual text. The length word specifies the number of bytes of text, not including the length word itself. Following the text, there may be one or more atoms containing additional information for drawing and searching the text. The following table lists the currently defined text sample extensions.  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

## See Also

### Storing text data

- [Text sample description](quicktime-file-format/text_sample_description.md)
- [Text media information atom ('text')](quicktime-file-format/text_media_information_atom.md)
- [Hypertext and wired text](quicktime-file-format/hypertext_and_wired_text.md)