Choosing the format in which to output a specific file depends on how the file is to be used. For example, JPEG is good for photographs and TXT for text, but if you need to output a medical file (which may contain images and text) then only DICOM will do.
The following table matches function to format:
Task |
Suitable Formats |
Exporting to images |
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Exporting medical file |
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Exporting to Page Designer |
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Exporting the document |
HTML, HTML5, MIME-encoded HTML IPDS* |
Exporting data fields |
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Extracting text |
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Extracting part of original document |
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Archiving |
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Printing (MS Windows) |
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Production printing |
IPDS* |
Web publishing |
*if you have the IPDS option installed