harrisonb

Hey guys

I do A level IT, on Friday teacher said that Word converts pictures that you insert to vectors

Is this true!

I thought it saved them in the format that they were imported in?

I would have thought that it may have done it the other way round, if you try to import vector it will convert it to bitmap, but she seems adiment!

Can someone clear this up to me, and if you feel like it can someone give me a technical explanation of exactly how it does it, if it does!

Thanks

Ben

omsairam

Word 2000 graphics filters
When a document contains images, Word 2000 uses graphics filters to open and save images that are embedded or linked to the document.

When you click From File (Insert menu, Picture submenu) to insert an image into a document, one of the following events occurs:

• If the image is in a format that Word recognizes (a native format), Word preserves the image in its original format.

• If the image is in a nonnative format, and if a compatible graphics filter is installed, then Word converts the image to a format that is native to Word.

• If the image is in a format that Word does not recognize, Word displays a message and does not convert the image.


Some images in Word documents convert to different formats in Word 2000. This situation occurs when a Word document is saved in:

• A previous Word format, such as Word 95 for Windows format.

• A different text format, such as WordPerfect 5.x format.


When a file is saved in a previous Word format or a different text format, Word 2000 converts the nonnative images to Windows Metafile (WMF) format.

The following graphics formats are native to Word 2000:

• Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)

• Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)

• Macintosh PICT (PCT)

• Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

• Windows bitmap (BMP)

• Run-length encoded (RLE)

• Device-independent bitmap (DIB)

• Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)

• Windows Metafile (WMF)


You can install graphics filters by using Office 2000 Setup. Some additional graphics filters are included in the Microsoft Office Converter Pack.