Files and File Formats
LEADTOOLS currently supports over 150 different image formats and sub formats, and continues to expand support for new formats and new format sub-types in response to the ever changing demands of developers worldwide.
With over 15 years in the field and thousands of customers in all areas of applications development, LEAD Technologies always strives to provide the most complete support for the tremendous variety of image formats available.
Each image format has its own unique set of load/save/display/convert options, which may encompass varying types and/or degrees of compression, a range of image information bit-depths, progressive (multi-pass) image display, the ability to maintain multi-page or multi-channel images, animations, or non-image data, just to name a few.
Conversion from one file format to another can take place when you load or save a file. You can also perform file-to-file conversion. The conversion process can include simultaneously resizing the image, or changing the image's bits per pixel. Both high and low level functions are provided. These functions allow you to work with files in memory buffers or at offsets within disk files.
LEAD constantly adds support for new file formats, and flavor support to formats already supported, giving your applications the flexibility to support almost any image you encounter. You can count on LEADTOOLS to have the most thorough and highest performance implementation of image format specifications, and you can depend on LEADTOOLS to offer the most flexibility and control over these options to you, the software developer.
Visit LEAD's website at http://www.leadtools.com/sdk/formats/default.htm for a complete, current list of LEADTOOLS file format support.
Key Features:
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RASTER Formats: File formats in this list are loaded and treated as raster bitmap images in memory.
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MULTIMEDIA DirectShow Formats: File formats in this list are loaded as multimedia DirectShow objects using a LEADTOOLS Multimedia product.
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MULTIMEDIA Media Foundation Formats: File formats in this list are loaded as multimedia Media Foundation objects using a LEADTOOLS Multimedia product.
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VECTOR Formats: File formats in this list are loaded and treated as vector objects in memory using LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro.
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DOCUMENT Formats: File formats in this list are exported from the LEADTOOLS OCR engines or using the LEADTOOLS Document Writers.
RASTER Formats
Color and Grayscale
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AFP-AFP PTOCA Format |
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ANZ-Mayo Clinic Analyze Format |
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ANI-Windows Animated Cursor |
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ARW-Sony Digital Camera Format (read only) |
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AVI-Windows AVI Format |
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BMP-Bitmap Formats |
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CAL-Cals Format |
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CGM-Computer Graphics Metafile |
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CIN-Kodak Cineon |
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CLP-Microsoft Windows Clipboard |
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CMW-LEAD Wavelet |
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CMX-Corel Presentation Exchange Format |
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CRW-Canon RAW Format (32-bit only) |
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CR2 - Cannon Digital Camera Format (read only) |
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CUR-Cursors |
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CUT-Dr. Halo |
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DCF - Digital Camera Format |
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DCR, DCS-Professional Digital Camera (32-bit only) |
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DGN-DGN |
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DIC, DCM-DICOM Format |
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DNG-Adobe Digital Negative Format (read only) |
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DOC-Word Document Format (read only) |
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DOCX-Word Document 2007/2010 Format (read only) |
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DRW-DRaWing |
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DWF-DWF Format |
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DWFX - Autodesk DWF XPS Document |
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DWG-DWG Format |
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DXF-Drawing Interchange Format |
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ECW-Enhanced Compressed Wavelet |
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EMF-Windows Metafile Format |
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EPS - PS-Encapsulated PostScript |
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EPUB - Electronic Publication |
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FIT-Flexible Image Transport System |
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FLC and FLI-Flic Animation |
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FLV-Flash Video Format (Version 6) |
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FPX-FlashPix Format |
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GBR-Gerber |
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GIF-Graphics Interchange Format |
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HDP-JPEG XR / Windows HD Photo Format |
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HTM - HyperText Markup Language |
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ICO-VISTA Icon Format |
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IFF-Interchange File Formats |
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INGR - Intergraph Raster File Format |
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J2K-J2K Format |
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JBG-JBIG Format |
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JP2-JPEG 2000 Format |
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JPEG-LS |
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JPEG XR-formerly Windows Media Photo and HD Photo |
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JPG and CMP-JPEG and LEAD Compressed |
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JPM-JPEG 2000 (Part 6) |
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JPX-JPEG 2000 (Part 6) |
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KDC-Kodak Digital Camera (32-bit only) |
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LMA-LMA Format |
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LMB-LMB Format |
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MODCA-MODCA PTOCA Format |
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MNG-Multiple-image Network Graphics Format |
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MOB - MobiPocket File Format |
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MPG-MPG Format |
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MP4 and F4V-Flash Video Format (Version 9) |
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NEF and NRW-Nikon Digital Camera Formats (read only) |
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ORF-Olympus Digital Camera Format (read only) |
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PBM, PPM, PNM and PGM-Portable Bitmap Utilities |
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PCD-Kodak Photo CD Format (32-bit only) |
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PCL-Printer Command Language Format |
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PCT-Macintosh Pict Format |
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PCX and DCX-PCX Formats |
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PDF and PDF/A-Portable Document Formats |
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PLT-PLT |
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PNG-Portable Network Graphics Format |
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PPT-Powerpoint Presentation Format |
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PPTX-Powerpoint Presentation (2007/2010) Format |
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PSD-Adobe PhotoShop Format |
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PSP-Paint Shop Pro Format |
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RAF-FujiFilm Digital Camera Format (read only) |
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RAS-SUN Raster Format |
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RAW-Uncompressed Raw Data |
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RAW and RW2-Panasonic Digital Camera Formats (read only) |
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RTF-Rich Text Format |
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SCT-Scitex Continuous Tone Format |
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SFF-Structured Fax Format |
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SGI-Silicon Graphics Image Format |
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SHP-ESRI Shapefile Format |
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SNP-MS Access Report Snapshots Format |
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SR2-Sony Digital Camera Format (read only) |
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SRF-Sony Digital Camera Format (read only) |
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SVG-Scalable Vector Graphics |
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TDB-Windows Thumbnail Format (XP and Vista) |
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TFX-Internet Fax Format |
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TGA-Truevision TARGA Format |
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TIFF and JPG-Exif Formats |
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TIFF-With and Without LZW Compression |
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TXT-Text Format |
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VFF-Sun TAAC Bitmap (read only) |
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VWPG-WordPerfect Vector Format |
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WBMP-Wireless Bitmap Format |
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WFX-WinFax Format |
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WMF and EMF-Windows Metafile Formats |
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WMP-Wireless Bitmap |
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WMZ-Compressed Windows Metafile |
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WPG-WordPerfect Format |
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XLS-Excel Spreadsheet (read only) |
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XLSX-Excel 2007/2010 Spreadsheet (read only) |
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XPM-XPicMap |
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XWD-X WindowDump |
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XPS-XML Paper Specification |
Mixed Raster Content
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MRC (MRC) |
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TIF MRC (TIF) |
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PDF MRC (PDF)-Portable Document Format |
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LEAD MRC (MRC) |
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TIF LEAD MRC (TIF) |
Bitonal (Black and White)
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ABIC-ABIC Format |
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ABC-LEAD ABC Format |
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AWD-Microsoft Fax (32-bt only) |
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CMP-LEAD 1-Bit Format |
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DWFX - Autodesk DWF XPS Document |
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IOCA/MODCA-Image Object Content Architecture Format |
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ITG-Intergraph Format |
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INGR - Intergraph Raster File Format |
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JBIG2- JBIG2 Format |
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Laser View LaserData (Read Only) |
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MAC, IMG, and MSP- Miscellaneous 1-Bit Formats |
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SMP- SMP Format |
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TIFF CCITT and Other FAX Formats |
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XBM- XBitMap Format |
MULTIMEDIA DirectShow Formats
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AVI |
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DVD (.ifo, .vob) |
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Mpeg1 Layer-3 Audio (MP3) |
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MPEG1 |
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MPEG2 (Program, Transport) |
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Ogg |
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Quicktime |
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WAV |
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Windows Media Formats (WMA, WMV) |
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DICOM |
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ISO (MP4, AAC, AVC) |
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Flash (FLV, F4V) |
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Still Images |
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DVR file types (.LBL, .LRC) |
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Matroska (MKV) |
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WebM (.webm) |
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MXF |
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SRT |
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SSF |
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LTESC (LEADTOOLS Elementary Stream Catalog) |
MULTIMEDIA Media Foundation Formats
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INPUT Formats |
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AVI |
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Mpeg1 Layer-3 Audio (MP3) |
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MPEG2 |
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Ogg |
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Quicktime |
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WAV |
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Windows Media Formats (WMA, WMV) |
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ISO (MP4, AAC, AVC) |
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Flash (FLV, F4V) |
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Matroska (MKV) |
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MXF |
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OUTPUT Formats |
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Windows Media Formats (WMA, WMV) |
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ISO (MP4, AAC, AVC) |
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Matroska (MKV) |
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VECTOR Formats 
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CGM-Computer Graphics Metafile |
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CMX-Corel Presentation Exchange Format |
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DGN-Microstation DGN |
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DRW-DRaWing |
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DXF-Drawing Interchange Format |
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DWF-DWF Format |
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DWFX - Autodesk DWF XPS Document |
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DWG-DWG Format |
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E00-Arc/Info Export Format |
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GBR-Gerber |
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MIF-Maker Interchange Format |
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NAP-NAPLPS |
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PCT-Macintosh Pict Format |
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PCL-Printer Command Language Format |
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PCL 6-Printer Command Language Format |
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PLT-PLT |
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SHP-ESRI Shape Format |
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SVG-Scalable Vector Graphic |
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TIFF DXF |
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WMF and EMF-Windows Metafile Formats |
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VWPG-WordPerfect Format |
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VEC-LEADTOOLS Vector Dump Format |
DOCUMENT Formats
Adobe PDF  |
Displaying the generated PDF file in a PDF-reader results in a very similar look to the original document. The text can be searched. The PDF file contains the recognized characters in the same positions as in the original. Includes PDF/A. |
| Text - Standard | Text output with line break after each line. If table is present, its cells are positioned by TABs. |
| Text - Smart | Text output with line break after each line. Left margin is taken into account (with SPACEs) If a table is present; its cells are positioned by SPACEs. |
| Text - Stripped | Text output with line break after each paragraph. If table is present, its cells are separated by TABs. |
| Text - Plain | Text output with line break after each line. Left and Upper margins are is taken into account (with SPACEs and NEWLINEs) If table is present, its cells are positioned by TABs. |
| Text - Comma Delimited | Comma delimited text output. Line/cell contents are surrounded by quotes (). The default delimiter (comma) can be overridden. |
| Text - Tab Delimited | TAB separated text output. Line/cell contents are surrounded by quotes (). |
| Rec ASCII (Formatted) | Text output, layout retention with mimicked SPACEs. Line/cell contents are surrounded by quotes (). |
| Rec ASCII (Standard) | Text output allowing quick text conversion. |
| Rec ASCII (StandardEx) | Text output allowing quick text conversion. Line break after each line and after each zone. |
| General Word Processor | Text output allowing quick text conversion. Line break after each paragraph. |
| HTML 3.2 | HTML output. HTML 3.2 is useful to export with partial formatting. The output files support both IE and Netscape. |
| HTML 4.0 | HTML output. HTML 4.0 can set the exact position/size of objects, use this output format with full formatting. |
| Word 97, 2000, XP |
Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000 and Word XP output format. |
| Word 2007, 2010 |
Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Word 2010 output format. |
| Excel 97, 2000 |
Microsoft Excel 97 and Excel 2000 output format. |
| WordPerfect 8 | WordPerfect 8 format. |
| Rich Text Format | Quick conversion to Rich Text Format. |
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PDF\A |
Image on text. |
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PowerPoint 97 (RTF) |
Rich Text Format for PowerPoint 97. |
| Publisher 98 (RTF) | Rich Text Format for Publisher 98. |
| WordPad (RTF) | Rich Text Format for WordPad. |
| RTF Word 2000 | Rich Text Format for Word 2000. |
| RTF Word 97 | Rich Text Format for Word 97. |
| RTF Word 6.0/95 | Rich Text Format for Word 6.0/95. |
| Open eBook 1.0 | Open eBook 1.0 format. |
| XML | XML output format conforming with ScanSoft's schema file SSDOC-SCHEMA2.xml http://www.scansoft.com/omnipage/xml/SSDOC-SCHEMA2.xml . |
| XPS | XML Paper Specification format. |
| 2G Type 2 | Binary output of recognition process with a 16-byte long structure for each recognized character.2G Type 2 structure output. |
Requires the purchase of a LEADTOOLS Vector imaging product.
DICOM and DICOM-related formats require purchase of a LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging product.
JBIG and JBIG2 support require purchase of a LEADTOOLS Document or Medical imaging product (JPEG 2000 read support is included with all products).
PDF support requires purchase of a LEADTOOLS PDF Plug-in.
Multimedia support requires the purchase of
Supported Platforms:
Files and File Formats - C DLL
Files and File Formats - C++ Class Library
Files and File Formats - Silverlight
Files and File Formats - Silverlight Windows Phone
Files and File Formats - WinRT
Files and File Formats : Android
Files and File Formats : iOS / OS X
Files and File Formats : Linux