OXPS
The file format oxps is a pdf-like format for documents based on a layout structure in archive form. The Open XML Paper Specification is a format in which a fixed layout including images is saved and can therefore be reproduced as desired by the author. OXPS in its current form exists since the year 2009 […]
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The format Post Script (PS), which was developed in the early 1980s, is one of the standard formats of the American company Adobe. Adobe is the company behind the Acrobat Reader and programs like Photoshop and with the ps format, the foundations for the now more popular format pdf were laid early. PS documents are […]
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Like the regular JPEG, JPEG 2000 was developed as a format by the Joint Photographic Experts Group and published in late 2000. But unlike .jpg, the JPEG 2000 can also create lossless compressions and has been specially developed for raster graphics. Since the JPEG 2000 files can also store different metadata, these allow easy and […]
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Aif files (also known as aif) are audio files – they contain music or language. The abbreviation AIF stands for A udio I nterchange F ile F ormat and is the standard music format on Apple's Mac OS. The ubiquity of Mac OS in the professional environment, make .aiff files practically the standard in recording […]
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The file extension bmp signifies an image file that has been saved in the device independent bitmap format. The format is rather historic; it has been in use since 1990. However due to its simplicity and the absence of any patent protection, bmp is still widespread and remains supported by very many graphics programs. Bmp […]
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The pptx file extension is used by Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and younger to store presentations. Earlier versions of PowerPoint use the ppt extension. Opening a pptx file launches the PowerPoint software in editor mode. There is another format, ppsx, that will start the slide show presentation right away. A pptx file is a zip-compressed package […]
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The docx file extension is used by Microsoft Word Documents that have been saved in the Open XML Format, which Microsoft has developed for their Office suite. DOCX is the default way Microsoft Word saves documents for version 2007 and up of the text processing software. Earlier Word versions use doc as their default file […]
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A rtf file is a text file that has been saved in the Rich Text format. Unlike a txt (Plain Text) file it also contains formatting code like italics, bold or underline, different font styles and sizes, text formatting info, and it may include images and embedded objects (output from other applications, e.g. tables). The […]
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MPEG-1 or mpeg-2 Audio Layer III, mostly known as mp3 or MP3, designates a format for coding digital audio data. MP3 still ranks among the most popular formats for storing audio data. In the early 80s, the German Fraunhofer Institut developed MP3 as a lossy format compared to Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA): Compression rate […]
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WAV files are used to store audio signals – such as music or voice recordings. wav files are uncompressed, so they offer a perfect quality at the cost of a really huge file size. They usually contain PCM-signals based on Microsoft’s Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF). Before the advent of mp3, WAV was often used […]
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