The measure of the resolution of a digital camera. > A floppy disk is 1.44MB, while the average digital camera picture is around one Megabyte.
ZNO The native format of the Zinio web service - see the definition opposite for more. ZIP The most commonly used compressed file format - you may get one in an email. XLS The native format of Microsoft Excel, the popular spreadsheet application. The file size is likely to be bigger than a JPEG should you need to download one. TIF The Tagged Image Format is a standard for high quality image documents. SQZ Like PRO, above, it's compatible with Family Gathering or Roots IV and V, and convertible to the GEDCOM format. You can convert these into GEDCOM files, too. PRO Compatible with Family Gathering and Roots IVand V. A PDF document can be viewed on any computer regardless of the application used to create it. PDF The Portable Document Format is native to Adobe Acrobat and Reader (see walkthrough, page 61).
It's a compressed format, so smaller files are good for the web, while it's common for other images such as those saved from digital cameras. JPG/JPEG Standing for Joint Photographic Experts Group, this is the world's commonest image format. More complex web-based pictures are often JPEGs. ZINIO: View a copy of Your Family Tree in the Zinio format - find out more at GIF The Graphic Interchange Format is the commonest format for simple web graphics. See the guidelines at com/oft/gedhelp.asp for more assistance in converting files to the GEDCOM format. GEnealogical Data COMmunications, most family history software can read and write the format, so you can swap data between applications. GED The GEDCOM format (the latest of which is version 5.5) is the standard genealogy format. Again, these can be converted into GEDCOM files. Convertible into GEDCOM files.įTW The native format of Family Tree Makerfor Windows. You can convert EDB files into GEDCOM files.įDB A native format of Legacy Family Tree. The pages appear in much the same way that a PDF would.ĭOC The primary format for files saved from Microsoft Word.ĮDB A native format of Roots III. Again, convertible to GEDCOM.ĭjVu Pronounced déjà vu, this is a compressed graphics format commonly used to display scanned pages on the web. You can also convert these into GEDCOM files.ĭAT Another native format of Personal Ancestral File. You can convert them into GEDCOM files, too.īAK A native format of Personal Ancestral File. We explain the file types you're most likely to come across while researchingĪNC/AHN Native formats of Our Family Tree.