Microsoft KB Archive/75676

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WMF Graphics Support in Word for Windows Version 2.0

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Q75676

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a

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SUMMARY
The Word for Windows 2.0 graphics filter WMFIMP.FLT supports Aldus placeable metafiles, and removes the 64K file size limitation that existed on importing such graphics into earlier versions of Word for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
Aldus and Micrografx have created an extended version of the Windows metafile format called the &quot;placeable metafile format.&quot; In this extended format, 22 bytes of extra information have been added to the standard metafile header. This extra information allows the metafile to specify to an application where the metafile is to be placed.

Many Windows applications import or export Windows metafiles in the Aldus placeable metafile (APM) format. This is the metafile format supported for import into Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 via the WMF graphics filter, WMF.FLT.

Placeable metafiles are incompatible with the normal Windows graphics device interface (GDI) metafile procedures, and therefore, normal Windows GDI metafiles created with the steps outlined in the &quot;Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit Programmer's Reference Volume 1&quot; version 3.0 manual are not compatible with Word for Windows, PageMaker, Micrografx Designer, and other applications that use placeable metafiles.

Manual Installation
The WMF filter should be placed in

"\MSAPPS\GRPHFLT" If the filters are kept elsewhere (for example, C:\WINWORD), delete the older filters. Add entries to the WIN.INI file describing each new filter in a section called [MS Graphic Import Filters].

For example, WIN.INI might appear as follows:

[MS Graphic Import Filters] Windows Metafile(.WMF)=c:\win3\msapps\grphflt\wmfimp.flt,WMF Note: The full path to the filter executable files must be included.

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