Microsoft KB Archive/67044

Word 5.00 and 5.50: Importing TIFF files

PSS ID Number: Q67044 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft Word versions 5.0 and 5.5 can read and interpret the following classes of TIFF graphics files:

TIFF Class B (Black and White, or Bilevel)


 * 1) Compression scheme 1, which uses basic pixel packing and is often referred to as “TIFF-B Uncompressed”
 * 2) Compression scheme 32773, called the “packbits” scheme

TIFF Class G (Gray Scale)

Compression scheme 1, which uses basic pixel packing and is often called to as “TIFF-G Uncompressed”

These TIFF files can be imported into Word 5.00 with the Library Link Graphics command or into Word 5.50 with the Insert Picture command. Supported TIFF files can be sized, previewed, and printed in Word.

The following TIFF classes are not supported in Word 5.00 and 5.50:

TIFF Class B, compression scheme 2 (also known as CCITT Group 3 1D facsimile compression scheme)

TIFF Class B, compression scheme 5 (Lempel-Ziv & Welch, or LZW compression)

TIFF Class G in any compression scheme except 1

All TIFF Class P (Palette color images)

All TIFF Class R (RGB Full Color images)

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