RTF
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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PRN files contain print jobs which were redirected into a file. Depending on the used (virtual) printer or software – .prn files may contain .ps, .xps or even .pdf data. File-Converter-Online.com will analyze the content automatically and then do the proper conversion to a pdf file. Unfortunately some printers use proprietary formats – .prn files […]
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Open Document Spreadsheet (ODS) files use a standardised XML-based file format to make it easier to share documents using open-source software. Column, row and cell calculations are included in the file data as well as text and graphics in what is also known as OASIS format, referring to a computing organisation that was founded to […]
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A cr2 file is an image saved in Canon’s proprietary cr2 format. It is used by many Canon digital cameras. A cr2 file contains exactly what was captured by the camera, without any compression or processing. This is what is known as a raw format. Most digital cameras export images in a more common format, […]
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A pages file is a word processing document created by Pages, the free word processor supplied with Apple computers as part of the iWork office suite. If your document has a filename ending in .pages, it is a pages file. Apple (Mac) desktop and laptop computers can open pages files, and so can an iPad […]
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An odt file is a word processor document saved in the Open Document format. Open Document files are designed to be opened, shared, and edited on different operating systems, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. They will work with a large number of commercial and free word processing software and office suites, as well as online […]
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XLS is a file format used for spreadsheets created in Microsoft Excel and related applications. It has been an industry standard format for many years, and can be created using many different spreadsheet software products. A typical file will consist of text and numbers created within a spreadsheet, but can also store and display relevant […]
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One of the more popular graphical formats for web design, Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a non-patent licensed image file format which supports lossless data compression. It was first released in 1996, and was developed as an enhanced version of the standard Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). It is especially good for storing small graphic files […]
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