\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1}What do I gain from knowing about document formats?}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2}Identifying what format you have}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3}Choosing what format to use}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4}Other sources of information}{3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Common Formats for Printed Documents}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}PostScript}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}DeVice Independent (DVI)}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}Portable Document Format (PDF)}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4}\LaTeX \nobreakspace {}}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.5}HyperText Markup Language (HTML)}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.6}Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.7}FrameMaker and Other WYSIWYG Editors}{5}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.8}Microsoft Word}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.9}Rich Text Format (RTF)}{6}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Graphics formats}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.3}Portable Network Graphics (PNG)}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.4}Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.5}XCF}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.6}Other formats, and going between formats}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Documents over email}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}uuencode}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {4.3}base64}{7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}File Packages and File Compression Schemes}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}Tape Archives (TAR)}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}DOS Executables (EXE)}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}Compression Types}{8}