C Input File Formats

Dynamic Converter can convert a large number of input file formats:

C.1 Word Processing Formats

File Format Comments
ANSI Text 7 & 8 bit
ASCII Text 7 & 8 bit
DEC WPS Plus (DX) Versions through 3.1
DEC WPS Plus (WPL) Versions through 4.1
DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT) All versions
DisplayWrite 4 & 5 Versions through 2.0
EBCDIC All versions
Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice Versions through 3.0
Framework Version 3.0
Hangul Versions 97 and 2002
IBM FFT All versions
IBM Revisable Form Text All versions
IBM Writing Assistant Version 1.01
Just System Ichitaro Versions 4.x through 6.x, 8.x through 13.x and 2004
JustWrite Versions through 3.0
Legacy Versions through 1.1
Lotus AMI/AMI Professional Versions through 3.1
Lotus Manuscript Version 2.0
Lotus Word Pro (non-Windows) Versions SmartSuite 97, Millennium, and Millennium 9.6 (text only)
Lotus Word Pro (Windows) Versions SmartSuite 96, 97 and Millennium and Millennium 9.6
MacWrite II Version 1.1
MASS11 Versions through 8.0
Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) All versions
Microsoft Word (DOS) Versions through 6.0
Microsoft Word (Mac) Versions 4.0 - 2004
Microsoft Word (Windows) Versions through 2007
Microsoft WordPad All versions
Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Windows) Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Windows Write Versions through 3.0
MultiMate Versions through 4.0
Navy DIF All versions
Nota Bene Version 3.0
Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0
Novell/Corel WordPerfect (DOS) Versions through 6.1
Novell/Corel WordPerfect (Mac) Versions 1.02 through 3.0
Novell/Corel WordPerfect (Windows) Versions through 12.0
Office Writer Versions 4.0 - 6.0
OpenOffice Writer (Windows and UNIX) OpenOffice version 1.1 and 2.0
PC-File Letter Versions through 5.0
PC-File+ Letter Versions through 3.0
PFS:Write Versions A, B and C
Professional Write (DOS) Versions through 2.1
Professional Write Plus (Windows) Version 1.0
Q&A (DOS) Version 2.0
Q&A Write (Windows) Version 3.0
Samna Word Versions through Samna Word IV+
Signature Version 1.0
SmartWare II Version 1.02
Sprint Versions through 1.0
StarOffice Writer Version 5.2 (text only) and 6.x through 8.x
Total Word Version 1.2
Unicode Text All versions
UTF-8 All versions
Volkswriter 3 & 4 Versions through 1.0
Wang PC (IWP) Versions through 2.6
WordMARC Versions through Composer Plus
WordStar (DOS) Versions through 7.0
WordStar (Windows) Version 1.0
WordStar 2000 (DOS) Versions through 3.0
XyWrite Versions through III Plus

C.2 Desktop Publishing Formats

File Format Comments
Adobe FrameMaker (MIF) Versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0 and Japanese 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 (text only)

C.3 Database Formats

File Format Comments
Access Versions through 2.0
dBASE Versions through 5.0
DataEase Version 4.x
dBXL Version 1.3
Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice Versions through 3.0
FoxBase Version 2.1
Framework Version 3.0
Microsoft Works (Windows) Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0
Paradox (DOS) Versions through 4.0
Paradox (Windows) Versions through 1.0
Personal R:BASE Version 1.0
R:BASE 5000 Versions through 3.1
R:BASE System V Version 1.0
Reflex Version 2.0
Q & A Versions through 2.0
SmartWare II Version 1.02

C.4 Spreadsheet Formats

File Format Comments
Enable Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice Versions through 3.0
Framework Version 3.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) Versions through 2.0
Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows) Versions through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite Versions 97 - Millennium 9.6
Lotus Symphony Versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
Mac Works Version 2.0
Microsoft Excel Charts Versions 2.x - 7.0
Microsoft Excel (Mac) Versions 3.0 – 4.0, 98, 2001, 2002, 2004, and v.X
Microsoft Excel (Windows) Versions 2.2 through 2007
Microsoft Multiplan Version 4.0
Microsoft Works (Windows) Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Works (DOS) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Mac) Versions through 2.0
Mosaic Twin Version 2.5
Novell Perfect Works Version 2.0
PFS:Professional Plan Version 1.0
Quattro Pro (DOS) Versions through 5.0 (text only)
Quattro Pro (Windows) Versions through 12.0 (text only)
SmartWare II Version 1.02
StarOffice/OpenOffice Calc (Windows and UNIX) StarOffice versions 5.2 through 8.x and OpenOffice version 1.1 and 2.0 (text only)
SuperCalc 5 Version 4.0
VP Planner 3D Version 1.0

C.5 Presentation Formats

File Format Comments
Corel/Novell Presentations Versions through 12.0
Harvard Graphics (DOS) Versions 2.x & 3.x
Harvard Graphics (Windows) Windows versions
Freelance (Windows) Versions through Millennium 9.6
Freelance (OS/2) Versions through 2.0
Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows) Versions 3.0 through 2007
Microsoft PowerPoint (Mac) Versions 4.0 through v.X
StarOffice/OpenOffice Impress (Windows and UNIX) StarOffice versions 5.2 (text only) and 6.x through 8.x (full support) and OpenOffice version 1.1 and 2.0 (text only)

C.6 Graphic Formats

File Format Comments
Adobe Photoshop (PSD) All versions
Adobe Illustrator Versions 7.0 and 9.0
Adobe FrameMaker graphics (FMV) Vector/raster through 5.0
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Versions 1.0, 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0 (including Japanese PDF)
Ami Draw (SDW) Ami Draw
AutoCAD Interchange and Native Drawing formats (DXF and DWG) AutoCAD Drawing Versions 2.5 - 2.6, 9.0 - 14.0, 2000i and 2002
AutoShade Rendering (RND) Version 2.0
Binary Group 3 Fax All versions
Bitmap (BMP, RLE, ICO, CUR, OS/2 DIB & WARP) All versions
CALS Raster (GP4) Type I and Type II
Corel Clipart format (CMX) Versions 5 through 6
Corel Draw (CDR) Versions 3.x - 8.x
Corel Draw (CDR with TIFF header) Versions 2.x - 11.0
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) ANSI, CALS NIST version 3.0
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) TIFF header only
GEM Paint (IMG) All versions
Graphics Environment Mgr (GEM) Bitmap & vector
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) All versions
Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) Version 2
IBM Graphics Data Format (GDF) Version 1.0
IBM Picture Interchange Format (PIF) Version 1.0
Initial Graphics Exchange Spec (IGES) Version 5.1
JBIG2 JBIG2 graphic embeddings in PDF files
JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format) All versions
JPEG (including EXIF) All versions
Kodak Flash Pix (FPX) All versions
Kodak Photo CD (PCD) Version 1.0
Lotus PIC All versions
Lotus Snapshot All versions
Macintosh PICT1 & PICT2 Bitmap only
MacPaint (PNTG) All versions
Micrografx Draw (DRW) Versions through 4.0
Micrografx Designer (DRW) Versions through 3.1
Micrografx Designer (DSF) Windows 95, version 6.0
Novell PerfectWorks (Draw) Version 2.0
OS/2 PM Metafile (MET) Version 3.0
Paint Shop Pro 6 (PSP) Windows only, versions 5.0 - 6.0
PC Paintbrush (PCX and DCX) All versions
Portable Bitmap (PBM) All versions
Portable Graymap (PGM) No specific version
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Version 1.0
Portable Pixmap (PPM) No specific version
Postscript (PS) Levels 1-2
Progressive JPEG No specific version
Sun Raster (SRS) No specific version
StarOffice/OpenOffice Draw for Windows and UNIX StarOffice versions 5.2 through 8.x and OpenOffice version 1.1 and 2.0 (text only)
TIFF Versions through 6
TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4 Versions through 6
Truevision TGA (TARGA) Version 2
Visio (preview) Version 4
Visio Versions 5, 2000, 2002 and 2003
WBMP No specific version
Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) No specific version
Windows Metafile (WMF) No specific version
WordPerfect Graphics (WPG & WPG2) Versions through 2.0
X-Windows Bitmap (XBM) x10 compatible
X-Windows Dump (XWD) x10 compatible
X-Windows Pixmap (XPM) x10 compatible

C.7 Compressed Formats

File Format Comments
GZIP  
LZA Self Extracting Compress  
LZH Compress  
Microsoft Binder Versions 7.0-97 (conversion of files contained in the Binder file is supported only on Windows)
UUEncode  
UNIX Compress  
UNIX TAR  
ZIP PKWARE versions through 2.04g

C.8 E-Mail Formats

File Format Comments
Microsoft Outlook Folder (PST) Microsoft Outlook Folder and Microsoft Outlook Offline Folder files versions 97, 98, 2000, 2002 and 2003
Microsoft Outlook Message (MSG) Microsoft Outlook Message and Microsoft Outlook Form Template versions 97, 98, 2000, 2002 and 2003
MIME MIME-encoded mail messages. (See below for detailed information about MIME support.)

MIME Support Notes

Here is detailed information about support for MIME-encoded mail message formats.

  • MIME formats, including:

    • EML

    • MHT (Web Archive)

    • NWS (Newsgroup single-part and multi-part)

    • Simple Text Mail (defined in RFC 2822)

  • TNEF Format

  • MIME encodings, including:

    • base64 (defined in RFC 1521)

    • binary (defined in RFC 1521)

    • binhex (defined in RFC 1741)

    • btoa

    • quoted-printable (defined in RFC 1521)

    • utf-7 (defined in RFC 2152)

    • uue

    • xxe

    • yenc

Additionally the body of a message can be encoded several ways. We support the following encodings:

  • Text

  • HTML

  • RTF

  • TNEF

  • Text/enriched (defined in RFC1523)

  • Text/richtext (defined in RFC1341)

  • Embedded mail message (defined in RFC 822). This is handled as a link to a new message.

    Note:

    The attachments of a MIME message can be stored in many formats. All attachments of supported file formats can be converted.

C.9 Other Formats

File Format Comments
Executable (EXE, DLL)  
HTML Versions through 3.0, with some limitations
MacroMedia Flash Macromedia Flash 6.x, Macromedia Flash 7.x, and Macromedia Flash Lite (text only)
Microsoft Project Versions 98 through 2003 (text only).

(MPP files are treated as database files.)

vCard, vCalendar Version 2.1
Windows Executable  
XML Text only
Yahoo! Instant Messenger Versions 6.x and 7.x