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When a document contains images, Word 2000 uses graphics filters to open
and save images that are embedded or linked to the document.
When you click From File (Insert menu, Picture submenu) to insert an
image into a document, one of the following events occurs:
* If the image is in a format that Word recognizes (a native
format), Word preserves the image in its original format.
* If the image is in a nonnative format, and if a compatible
graphics filter is installed, then Word converts the image to a format
that is native to Word.
* If the image is in a format that Word does not recognize, Word
displays a message and does not convert the image.
Some images in Word documents convert to different formats in Word 2000.
This situation occurs when a Word document is saved in:
* A previous Word format, such as Word 95 for Windows format.
* A different text format, such as WordPerfect 5.x format.
When a file is saved in a previous Word format or a different text
format, Word 2000 converts the nonnative images to Windows Metafile
(WMF) format.
The following graphics formats are native to Word 2000:
* Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
* Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
* Macintosh PICT (PCT)
* Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
* Windows bitmap (BMP)
* Run-length encoded (RLE)
* Device-independent bitmap (DIB)
* Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)
* Windows Metafile (WMF)
Note: As far as I can tell, that same list of formats are native to Word
2007 and EPS, for example, is not native.
Cheers,
Sean
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Sean Brierley
Technical Writer
www.accu-time.com
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Subject: Re: Format of graphics in Word documents
Ouch, there is is awful lot of ill-informed speculation going on here!
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