Microsoft KB Archive/70699

Supported Graphics File Formats in Word for Windows 1.1

PSS ID Number: Q70699 Article last modified on 11-23-1994

1.10

WINDOWS

Summary:

The following are the supported graphics file formats in Microsoft Word for Windows version 1.1:

(ADI) AutoDesk AutoCAD Device-Independent Binary Plotter Format (BMP) Microsoft Windows Paintbrush Bitmap Graphics File Format (CGM) Computer Graphics Metafile (EPS) Encapsulated PostScript (HPGL) Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (IMA) Zenographics Mirage Graphics File Format (PCX) ZSoft (Microsoft Windows Paintbrush) Graphics File Format (PIC) Lotus PIC Graphics Format (PIC) Micrografx Draw! Graphics Format (PIC) Video Show Graphics Format (TIFF) Tag Image File Format (Specification 4.0) (WMF) Windows Metafile Format

PCX support and improved bit-map support are new to this release of Word for Windows.

More Information:

(ADI) AutoDesk’s AutoCAD Device-Independent Binary Plotter Format
The AutoDesk Device Interface (ADI) is a device-independent driver interface built into AutoCAD. The Word for Windows graphics filter ADIMPORT.FLT is designed to read the ADI device driver’s binary output. ADI plotter files will be displayed as monochrome images in Word for Windows.

Note: This ADI plotter format is not the same as AutoCAD’s other drawing interchange formats: ASCII or Binary DXF, or DXB. The specifications, and instructions for exporting this format for versions of AutoCAD through AutoCAD 386 Release 10 as well as the format specification are discussed on pages 89-93 of the AutoCAD “Installation and Performance Guide.”

The graphics filter for the AutoCAD device-independent binary plotter format is ADIMPORT.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(BMP) Microsoft Windows Paintbrush File Format
Monochrome, 16-, 256-, or 24-bit color RGB bit-mapped images can be pasted from the Windows Clipboard. All images are converted to monochrome. Original display size is now retained. Bitmap images cannot be inserted as pictures. This support is built into Word for Windows 1.1.

(CGM) Computer Graphics Metafile
Monochrome and color images, with a 16-bit integer coordinate system are supported. 32- or 64-bit fixed, or floating-point coordinate systems (normally only supported by mini or mainframe software) are not.

When inserted as a picture, the original image display size is not preserved. CGM can optionally be pasted from the Windows 3.0 Clipboard, and in this scenario the original image display size is preserved. The graphics filter for CGM graphics is CGMIMP.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(EPS) Encapsulated PostScript
Word for Windows 1.1 comes with macros that allow insertion of EPS images into documents using the Insert Picture command.

The InsertPicture and FilePrint macros modify the Insert Picture and File Print commands so that when a picture is inserted with the EPS extension, the macros take over and convert the EPS file into two new files, a TIFF or Windows metafile graphic that is used for display and a PostScript language file that is used for printing on a PostScript device.

(HPGL) Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPGL images should be generated for the Hewlett-Packard 7475A plotter. The graphics filter for HPGL graphics is HPGLIMP.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(IMA) Zenographics Mirage Graphics Format
Word for Windows 1.1 supports the IMA format for versions 4.3, 5.0, 5.1, 5.11, and 5.12 of Zenographics Mirage. In version 5.2, Zenographics changed the IMA format to a form that is not backward compatible or readable by Microsoft’s converter. However, all versions of Mirage include an alternate CGM export option, and releases 5.2, 5.21, 5.22, 5.22a, and 5.22b also include an EPS file export option. The graphics filter for IMA graphics is IMAMPORT.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(PCX) ZSoft (Microsoft Windows Paintbrush) Graphics Format
Support for PCX graphics images was added in Word for Windows 1.1. Monochrome and color images can be imported via the Insert Picture command, but color images will be converted to monochrome display images in Word for Windows. The graphics filter for PCX graphics is PCXIMP.FLT.

(PIC) Lotus PIC Graphics Format
This format is used primarily for creating simple graphics from spreadsheet data in Lotus products such as Lotus 1-2-3, and Borland’s Quattro Pro. The graphics filter that supports the PIC format is LOTUSPIC.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(PIC) Micrografx Draw! Graphics Format
The PIC format is an export option of Micrografx Draw!, and is not the same as the program’s internal DRW format. The graphics filter that supports Draw! PIC graphics is DRAW.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(PIC) General Parametrics Video Show Graphics Format
This is the graphics format of General Parametrics Corporation’s Video Show Film Recorder. This device is designed to create color slides with a resolution of 2000-by-2000. The graphics filter that supports Video Show PIC graphics is VIDMPORT.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(TIFF) Tagged Image File Format
Word for Windows 1.1 includes a built-in TIFF 4.0 graphics filter. Monochrome (TIFF B) and gray scale (TIFF G) images are supported, but color images (TIFF P or R) are not. This support is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

(WMF) Windows Metafile Format
Monochrome or color Windows metafiles of up to 400 dpi are supported for import via the Insert Picture command, or by pasting from the Windows Clipboard. Windows metafiles that can be imported are limited to 64K in size. The graphics filter WMF files is WMF.FLT. This filter is unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows 1.0.

References:

Microsoft Word for Windows README.DOC file

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