Microsoft KB Archive/70698

Supported Graphics File Formats in Word for Windows 1.1a

PSS ID Number: Q70698 Article last modified on 11-23-1994

1.00 1.10 1.10a

WINDOWS

Summary:

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

(ADI) AutoDesk’s 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) Tagged Image File Format (Specification 4.0 and 5.0) (WMF) Windows Metafile Format

New to This Release

 * Support for color TIFF
 * a new EPS graphics filter
 * support for color bitmaps (DIBS) via either the Windows Clipboard or the Insert Picture command
 * Color PCX

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 are 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 are discussed on pages 89 through 93 of the AutoCAD “Installation and Performance Guide.”

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

(BMP) Microsoft Windows Paintbrush File Format
Monochrome, 16-color, 256-color, or 24-Bit Color RGB bitmaps can now either be pasted from the Windows Clipboard or inserted via the Insert Picture command. All images now maintain their original colors, and original display size. This support is built into Word for Windows version 1.1a.

(CGM) Computer Graphics Metafile
Microsoft Word for Windows supports monochrome and color images, with a 16-bit integer coordinate system. 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. If you choose, you can paste CGM 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 remains unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows version 1.0.

(EPS) Encapsulated PostScript
A new EPS graphics filter, EPSIMP.FLT, is included with Word for Windows 1.1a. This filter removes the need for the EPS macro shipped with previous versions of Word for Windows. Both TIFF and Windows metafile embedded display images are supported, and the filter adapts fully to the Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Specification, Revision 2.0.

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

(IMA) Zenographics Mirage Graphics Format
Word for Windows version 1.1a supports the IMA format for Zenographics Mirage versions 4.3, 5.0, 5.1, 5.11, and 5.12. In version 5.2, Zenographics changed the IMA format to a form that is not backward compatible or readable by the Microsoft 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 remains unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows version 1.0.

(PCX) ZSoft (Microsoft Windows Paintbrush) Graphics Format
Monochrome and color images can be imported via the Insert Picture command, and color images are no longer converted to monochrome. 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 remains unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows version 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 remains unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows version 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 x 2000. The graphics filter that supports Video Show PIC graphics is VIDMPORT.FLT. This filter remains unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows version 1.0.

(TIFF) Tagged Image File Format
Word for Windows 1.10a still includes a built-in TIFF 4.0 graphics filter, but now also includes a new TIFF 5.0 graphics filter, TIFF.FLT. Monochrome (TIFF B), gray scale (TIFF G), and palette color (TIFF P) images are supported. Compression types 1 (no compression), 2 (CCITT Group 3), 5 (LZW), and 32773 (PackBits) are supported.

(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 the image into Word for Windows 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 remains unchanged since its original release with Word for Windows version 1.0.

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