DOCUMENT:Q117195 15-APR-2000 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT: PowerPoint Readme- Filter Limitations (BMP and WMF) PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbgraphic kbreadme kbdta kbconversion ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The following information about Windows bitmaps and metafiles (.bmp, .wmf) filters is from the PowerPoint 4.0 Readme Help file. MORE INFORMATION ================ Windows Bitmaps and Metafiles (.BMP, .WMF) PowerPoint supports Windows bitmap (BMP) files and Windows metafiles (WMF) directly, without a separate graphic filter. These filters are required by other Microsoft products, such as Microsoft ClipArt Gallery. WMF files must be in the Aldus Placeable Metafile format (which contains a header with org and ext information). Aldus and Micrografx have created an extended version of the Windows Metafile Format called the "Placeable Metafile Format." In this extended format, 22 bytes of information have been added to the standard metafile header. This information allows the metafile to specify how the metafile is to be placed and sized. The WMF filter rejects files that do not have the correct key, checksum, bounding rectangle, and/or enough data in the file. NOTE: PowerPoint 7.0 can only import .wmf files that are in the Aldus Placeable Metafile format. If you try to import a Windows Metafile that does not have a header, you receive this message: Sorry, "" is damaged and cannot be read. Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c 7.00 read me pp4 readme readme.txt winppt ppt95 readme4.00 graphic graphics converter translator macppt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbgraphic kbreadme kbdta kbconversion Technology : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0 Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.