We can accept a wide variety of file formats (below), however we prefer all files to be submitted as PDF files to minimize any font, image, text, or formatting complications.
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Accepted File Types Index
Desktop Publishing
Document Files
Raster Graphics Files
Spreadsheet Files
Vector Graphics Files
Desktop Publishing Files
.INDD – Adobe InDesign
.PUB – Microsoft Publisher
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Document Files (Text and Plain Text)
.DOC – Microsoft Word document
.DOCX – Office Open XML document
.MCW – Microsoft Word for Macintosh (versions 4.0–5.1)
.PAGES – Apple Pages document
.PDF – Portable Document Format
.RTF – Rich Text document
.WPD – WordPerfect document
.WPS – Microsoft Works document
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Raster Graphics Files (images as a group of pixels)
.BMP – Microsoft Windows Bitmap formatted image
.GIF – CompuServe's Graphics Interchange Format .JP2 – JPEG2000
.JPG – Joint Photographic Experts Group – a lossy image format widely used to display photographic images.
.JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group – a lossy image format widely used to display photographic images.
.JPS – JPEG Stereo
.PICT – Apple Macintosh PICT image
.PNG – Portable Network Graphic lossless, for display and edition of graphic images
.PSD – Adobe Photoshop Drawing
.TIF – Tagged Image File Format
.TIFF – Tagged Image File Format
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Spreadsheet Files
.CSV – Comma-Separated Values
.GNUMERIC – Gnumeric spreadsheet, a gziped XML file
.NUMBERS – Apple Numbers Spreadsheet file
.TAB – tab delimited columns; also TSV
.TSV – tab separated columns; also TAB
.TXT – tab delimited columns
.TXT - Fixed column width
.WK1 – Lotus 1-2-3 up to version 2.01
.WK3 – Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.0
.WK4 – Lotus 1-2-3 version 4.0
.WKS – Lotus 1-2-3
.WKS – Microsoft Works
.WQ1 – Quattro Pro DOS version
.XLK – Microsoft Excel worksheet backup
.XLS – Microsoft Excel worksheet sheet (97–2003)
.XLSB – Microsoft Excel binary workbook
.XLSM – Microsoft Excel Macro-enabled workbook
.XLSX – Office Open XML worksheet sheet
.XLR – Microsoft Works version 6.0
.XLT – Microsoft Excel worksheet template
.XLTM – Microsoft Excel Macro-enabled worksheet template
.XLW – Microsoft Excel worksheet workspace (version 4.0)
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Vector Graphics Files (graphics using geometric primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images).
.AI – Adobe Illustrator Document
.EPS – Encapsulated Postscript
.PDF – Portable Document Format
.PS – PostScript
.XPS – Microsoft XML file similar to a PDF file
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