Microsoft KB Archive/118374

= Supported Graphic File Formats for Import =

Article ID: 118374

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q118374



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, you can import a number of different graphics file formats. The following is a list of the supported graphic file formats that you can insert on a chart or worksheet by clicking Picture on the Insert menu.



Microsoft Excel 97
The following table lists the graphic file formats that Microsoft Excel can import. If you are unable to insert a picture that is in one of these formats, you may not have the correct graphic filter installed. Note that you do not need a filter to insert Windows Metafile (.wmf), Windows Bitmap (.bmp, .rle, .dib), Enhanced Metafile (.emf), Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg), or Portable Network Graphics (.png) images.

NOTE: Filters for the AutoCAD 2-D, Computer Graphics Metafile, Enhanced Metafile, Kodak Photo CD, Targa, Windows Bitmap, Windows Metafile, and WordPerfect Graphics file formats are available only if you installed Microsoft Excel through the Microsoft Office Setup program.

All of these filters are installed in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt folder.

  Graphics filter                     File name ---

AutoCAD Format 2-D (.dxf)          Dxfimp32.flt Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm)  Cgmimp32.flt Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)     Epsimp32.flt Enhanced Metafile (.emf)           Emfimp32.flt Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) Gifimp32.flt JPEG File Interchange Format (.jpg) Jpegim32.flt Kodak Photo CD (.pcd)              Pcdimp32.flt Portable Network Graphics (.png)   Png32.flt Micrografx Designer/Draw (.drw)    Drwimp32.flt Targa (.tga)                       Tgaimp32.flt Tagged Image File Format (.tif)    Tiffim32.flt WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)        Wpgimp32.flt PC Paintbrush (.pcx)               Pcximp32.flt CorelDRAW 3.0 (.cdr)               Cdrimp32.flt The Macintosh PICT (.pct)          Pictim32.flt Windows Metafile (.wmf)            Wmfimp32.flt Windows Bitmap (.bmp, .rle, .dib)  Bmpimp32.flt

Microsoft Excel Version 7.0
The following table lists the graphic file formats that Microsoft Excel can import. If you are unable to insert a picture that is in one of these formats, you may not have the correct graphic filter installed. Note, you do not need a filter to insert a Windows Metafile (.wmf) or a Windows Bitmap (.bmp) image.

All of these filters are installed in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt folder.

  Graphics filter                    File name ---

Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm) Cgmimp32.flt Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)    Epsimp32.flt HP Graphics Language (HPGL)       Hpglim32.flt Micrografx Designer/Draw (.drw)   Drwimp32.flt Tagged Image File Format (.tif)   Tiffim32.flt WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)       Wpgimp32.flt PC Paintbrush (.pcx)              Pcximp32.flt CorelDRAW 3.0 (.cdr)              Cdrimp32.flt The Macintosh PICT (.pct)         Pictim32.flt Windows Metafile (.wmf)           Wmfimp32.flt Windows Bitmap (.bmp, .rle, .dib) Bmpimp32.flt

Microsoft Excel Version 5.0
The Microsoft Excel Setup program gives you the option to install the following graphic file filters under the Graphics Filters option:

  Windows Metafile (WMFIMP.FLT) HP Graphic Language (HPGLIMP.FLT) Computer Graphics Metafile (CGMIMP.FLT) Encapsulated PostScript (EPSIMP.FLT) Tagged Image Format (TIFFIMP.FLT, IFFTIFF.DLL) PC Paintbrush (PCXIMP.FLT, IFFPCX.DLL)

These file filters are located in the \Windows\Msapps\Grphflt folder, along with any other Microsoft shared graphic filters. If you have installed other Microsoft applications for Windows, such as Microsoft Word for Windows, you may be able to import more graphic file formats than are listed above.

