Graphics file types InfoPath can use
You can insert many popular graphics file formats into your Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 forms, either directly or with the use of separate graphics filters. You don't need a separate graphics filter installed to insert the following file formats:
- Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
- Graphics Interchange Format (.gif, .gfa)
- Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
- Portable Network Graphics (.png)
- Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp, .dib, .rle, .bmz)
- Windows Metafile Graphics (.wmf)
- Tagged Image File Format (.tiff)
- Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)
File types that require filters
You need a graphics filter installed to insert all other graphics file formats. The separate graphics filters are not supplied with the stand-alone version of Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003. To use the filters, you need to install a Microsoft Office System edition or the stand-alone version of Microsoft Office Word with your stand-alone version of InfoPath. The following list contains common file types and the corresponding graphic filters that are supported.
Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm)
The Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) graphics filter (Cgmimp32.flt) supports version 1 of CGM 1992. The filter handles all three encodings, interprets and supports all elements, and will correctly handle all valid .cgm graphics files.
The major industry profiles of Air Transport Association (ATA) and Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support (CALS) are fully supported by the Computer Graphics Metafile filter. The filter has been certified as ATA-compliant and CALS-compliant by testing administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
If you install the filter during Setup, the following files are installed: Cgmimp32.flt, Cgmimp32.fnt, Cgmimp32.cfg, and Cgmimp32.hlp.
This filter has the following limitation: CGM 1992 Versions 2, 3, and 4 are not supported.
CorelDRAW (.cdr, .cdt, .cmx, .pat)
The CorelDRAW graphics filter (Cdrimp32.flt) supports .cdr, .cdt, .cmx, and .pat files from CorelDRAW version 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 9.0.
This filter has the following limitations:
- Object and PostScript texture fills are replaced with solid gray fills.
- Gradient fills are split into monocolored stripes.
- There is no support for:
- CorelDRAW preferences, such as page size and orientation, units, grid, and guidelines.
- Lenses and powerclips.
- Pages, layers, and groups.
- OLE objects.
- Rotated bitmaps.
- Vector fills.
- Multiarea paragraph text.
Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)
The Encapsulated PostScript graphics filter (Epsimp32.flt) supports the Adobe Systems Encapsulated PostScript Specification versions 3.0 and earlier. The filter supports .eps images from Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) and Windows Metafile (.wmf) embedded previews.
If an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphics file contains an embedded TIFF or Windows Metafile preview, a representation of the image appears on the screen. The quality of the preview depends on the resolution of the TIFF or Windows Metafile image embedded in the Encapsulated PostScript file when it is created. Low, medium, and high resolutions are generally available for creating an EPS file. The higher the resolution of the preview image, the larger the EPS file size will be. Because such previews are intended primarily to be used to position images on the page, resolution is often low. A high-resolution preview is not necessary because it is discarded when the EPS file is printed to a PostScript printer.
If an embedded TIFF or Windows Metafile preview is not included in the EPS graphic you import, the graphic displays a message instead of a preview of the graphic in your document. However, the graphic prints correctly to a PostScript printer. If you print an EPS graphic to a non-PostScript printer, the preview image is printed as it appears on the screen.
EPS graphics are designed for printing to a PostScript printer.
The Hanako graphics filter is used for the Japanese language version of Microsoft Office 2000.
The Hanako graphics filter (Jshimp.flt, Jahimp.flt, and Jbhimp.flt) supports and converts .jsh, .jah, and .jbh files from Hanako version 2.0 and 3.0 to the Microsoft Windows Metafile format.
The filter has the following limitations:
- Image data will be deleted when the files are opened.
- Files with large amounts of data might take time to convert, or might not convert. If this occurs, delete any unnecessary data or objects, or resave the file as multiple files, and then try reopening the files.
- Complex text formatting or image properties that can't be expressed in the Windows Metafile format will be deleted or simplified when the file is opened. This might affect the alignment of text or images.
- PostScript information is lost in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) images embedded in WordPerfect Graphics files.
- WordPerfect Graphics files with large, embedded bitmaps might not appear properly on computers that use the Mach series video drivers from ATI. To correct this problem, try running Microsoft Windows Setup and changing your video driver to the 8514/a drivers supplied with Windows.