Microsoft KB Archive/117195

= PPT: PowerPoint 4.0 Readme- Filter Limitations (BMP and WMF) =

Article ID: 117195

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c

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This article was previously published under Q117195



SUMMARY
The following information about Windows bitmaps and metafiles (.bmp, .wmf) filters is from the PowerPoint 4.0 Readme Help file.



MORE INFORMATION
Windows Bitmaps and Metafiles (.BMP, .WMF)

PowerPoint supports Windows bitmap (BMP) files and Windows metafiles (WMF) directly, without a separate graphic filter. These filters are required by other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft ClipArt Gallery. WMF files must be in the Aldus Placeable Metafile format (which contains a header with org and ext information).

Aldus and Micrografx have created an extended version of the Windows Metafile Format called the "Placeable Metafile Format." In this extended format, 22 bytes of information have been added to the standard metafile header. This information allows the metafile to specify how the metafile is to be placed and sized.

The WMF filter rejects files that do not have the correct key, checksum, bounding rectangle, and/or enough data in the file.

NOTE: PowerPoint 7.0 can only import .wmf files that are in the Aldus Placeable Metafile format. If you try to import a Windows Metafile that does not have a header, you receive this message:

Sorry, "" is damaged and cannot be read.

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