Collection:File format
Common file formats
Type | Free format[1] | Replacement for |
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Portable documents for final presentation | Portable Document Format (with neither digital handcuffs, non-free text fonts nor forms) | Portable Document Format (with digital handcuffs, non-free text fonts or forms) |
Editable documents for office use | OpenDocument Text and related (.odt, .ott, .fodt) | Microsoft Office Word (.doc, .dot, .docx, .dotx, .docm) |
Editable presentation slides | OpenDocument Presentation (.odp, .otp, .fodp) | Microsoft Office PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps, .pptx, .pptm) |
Spreadsheets | OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods, .ots, .fods) | Microsoft Office Excel (.xls, .xlt, .xlsx, .xltx, .xlsm) |
Drawing/fluxogram projects for office use | OpenDocument Drawing (.odg, .otg, .fodg)
Xournal/Xournal++ (.xoj, .xopp) |
Microsoft OneNote (.one)
Samsung Notes (.spd) |
Raster images | Bitmap (.bmp) JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) |
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Vector graphics | Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg, .svgz) | CorelDraw (.cdr) |
Video files | WebM[2] (.webm) Ogg[2] (.ogg, .ogv) |
MPEG-4 Part 14[3] (.mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v) QuickTime File Format (.mov, .qt) |
Audio files | Opus[2] (.opus) Ogg[2] (.oga, .ogg) |
MP3 (.mp3) RealAudio/RealMedia[3] (.ra, .ram, .rm) |
Audio files (lossless, for preservation) | Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac) | Waveform Audio File Format (.wav, .wave) |
Business cards or contact information | vCard (.vcf, .vcard) | |
Calendar/event information | iCalendar (.ical, .ics, .ifb, .icalendar) |
- This is a selection of the more common file formats that work with free software by default, most of them are internationally standardized. However, this is nothing like a comprehensive list.
- Only with free codecs (examples: VP9, VP8, Theora, Opus, Vorbis).
- Any codec.
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