Managing Files

Fundamentals of Computer
Software and Application
Laboratory Lesson 1
Basic Computer Skills

Managing Files and

Folders
File Formats

Picture / graphic files:

.cpt - Corel Photo Paint
.psd - Adobe Photo Shop
.tif - Tagged Image File format
.jpg - Joint Photographic Experts Group
.gif - Graphics Interchange Format
.bmp - bitmap
.png - portable Network Graphics
File Formats

Vector graphics:
.pdf - Portable Document Format
.eps - Encapsulated Postscript
.ai - Adobe Illustrator
.cdr - Corel Draw
Movies and animation:
.gif - Animated gif file
.mpeg/mpg - Moving Picture Experts Group
.mov - Quicktime movie Format
.avi - Audio Video Interleave
.swf - Macromedia Flash file
File Formats

Sound:
.wav
.mp3
.mid
Internet:
htm/html - Hyper Text Markup (language)
File Formats

MS Windows program files:

.txt - Notepad file
.rtf - MS Wordpad file
.accdp - Microsoft Access File
.doc - MS Word document '97-2003 version
.docx -MS Word document - 2004 and later
versions
.dot - MS Word Template - '97-2003 version
.dotx - MS Word Template - 2004 and later
.xls - MS Excel - '97-2003 version
.xlsx -MS Excel - 2004 and later
.pub - MS Publisher file
File Formats

MS Windows program files:

.txt - Notepad file
.rtf - MS Wordpad file
.accdp - Microsoft Access File
.doc - MS Word document '97-2003 version
.docx -MS Word document - 2004 and later
versions
.dot - MS Word Template - '97-2003 version
.dotx - MS Word Template - 2004 and later
.xls - MS Excel - '97-2003 version
.xlsx -MS Excel - 2004 and later
.pub - MS Publisher file
File Formats

Other files:
.pdf -Portable Document Format - Opens with
Acrobat Reader
.wks - MS Works file
.vsd - MS Visio file
.cap - Microsof Cabinet file
.zip - compressed/archive file
.dot - Windows document template file
.ttf - True Type Font file
.exe - Executable file / program file
.ppt - Microsof Powerpoint Presentaion
.pps - Microsof Powerpoint Show