Graphic file types supported

OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide

Chapter 8: Working with Graphics

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• How to add a graphic from a file
• Adding an image to the Gallery
• Modifying an image
• Positioning graphics within the text
• Anchoring graphics and drawing objects
• Adding captions to graphics
• Using Writer’s drawing tools
• Graphic file types supported

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OpenOffice.org Writer can open the file types listed in Table 1. Many of these file types are hyperlinked to Wikipedia for their definitions and other information.

Table 1. Graphic file types supported by OpenOffice.org Writer

File extension	File type
BMP	Windows Bitmap
DXF	AutoCAD Drawing Interchange (Exchange) Format
EMF	Enhanced Metafile
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
JPG, JPEG, JFIF, JIF	Joint Photographic Experts Group
MET	OS/2 Metafile
PBM	Portable Bitmap
PCD	Kodak Photo CD
PCT	Macintosh QuickDraw PICT
PCX	Zsoft PC Paintbrush
PGM	Portable Graymap
PNG	Portable Network Graphics
PPM	Portable Pixelmap
PSD	Adobe Photoshop Document
RAS	Sun Raster Image
SGF	StarWriter Graphics Format
SGV	StarDraw 2.0
SVM	StarView Metafile
TGA	Truevision Targa
TIF, TIFF	Tagged Image File Format
WMF	Windows Metafile
XBM	X Bitmap
XPM	X PixMap