DATA AND FILE FORMATS FOR MULTIMEDIA :

The most popular file formats are

Rich text format (RTF)Tagged image file format (TIFF)Resource image file format (RIFF)Musical
instrument digital interface (MIDI)Joint photographic experts group (JPEG)Audio Video
Interleaved (AVI) Indeo file format

Rich text files format

The rich text file format extended the range of information carried through from one word

processor application or desktop publishing system to another. The following are the key format
information carried out in RTF document files.

1.Character set
The character set determines the characters that are supported in a particular implementation.
Character set groupings include Windows ANSI, IBM PC

2.Font table

A font table lists all fonts used in the document. These font are then mapped to the fonts available
in the receiving application for displaying the text.

3.Color table
The color table lists the color used in the document for highlighting text.

4.Document formatting

Paragraph indents are specified relative to the document margin.

5.Section formatting

Section breaks/page breaks are used to define separation of groups of paragraph. The formatting
information specifies the space above and below the section.

6.Paragraph formatting
The RTF specification defines control characters for specifying paragraph justification, tab
position, left, right and first indents relative to document margins, and the spacing between
paragraphs. Paragraph formatting information also includes style sheets.

7.General formatting

General formatting includes items such as footness, annotation, bookmarks and pictures.

8.Character formatting

Character formatting includes bold, underline, italic, strikethrough, shadow text, outlinetext and
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