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This document organizes various file extensions into five data types: text, graphics, audio, animation, and video. It provides lists of common file extensions for each data type and asks the reader to list software that can be used to create or edit files in each format, suggesting using internet research to identify appropriate software.

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0.2 Datatypes

This document organizes various file extensions into five data types: text, graphics, audio, animation, and video. It provides lists of common file extensions for each data type and asks the reader to list software that can be used to create or edit files in each format, suggesting using internet research to identify appropriate software.

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Data Types

When creating a multimedia product the data is acquired from another


application or imported using an appropriate file format.

Organise the following file extensions into the five data types
Use the internet if you are unsure of the file types

XVID WAV MP3 PDF MOV JPEG GIF TIFF PICT DIVX
X264 WMA MIDI BMP MPEG SWF DOC MPEG-1 RTF TXT
AVI EPS CDR WMV

Text

Graphics

Audio

Animation

Video
Software
File formats for the different data types are constantly changing. Listed below are the most popular file
formats for text, graphics, audio animation and video.

List software that can be used to create or edit these formats. Example: Microsoft word 2003/7

Use the internet to help with different types of software.


Text
.DOC

.TXT

.DOCX

.PDF

Graphics
.JPG

.GIF

.BMP

Audio
.MP3

.WAV

Animation
.SWF

Video
.AVI

.WMV

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