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Configuring Supported File Formats
Who is this article for?Users who want to know the file formats supported in Please Review.
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This article outlines the range of file formats supported by Please Review, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents, as well as images, text files, and various software code modules. By providing compatibility with these diverse formats, Please Review ensures comprehensive document review capabilities for users across multiple types of content.
1. Overview
When reviewing documents, Please Review seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files, along with images, text files, and diverse software code modules. This guide elaborates on the specific functionalities tailored for these directly supported document formats. For other document types not directly supported, Please Review manages them at a document level. Consequently, comments are applied to the entire document rather than individual sections
2. Supported File Formats
2.1. Microsoft PowerPoint
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .ppt | Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for Microsoft Office 97 - 2003 |
| .pptx | XMl based Microsoft PowerPoint presentation for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016 |
| .pptm | Macro-enabled Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. |
| .pot | Microsoft PowerPoint template for Microsoft Office 97 - 2003. |
| .potx | XML based Microsoft PowerPoint template for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016. |
| potm | Macro-enabled Microsoft PowerPoint template. |
| .pps | Microsoft PowerPoint show for Microsoft Office 97-2003. |
| .ppsx | XML based Microsoft PowerPoint show for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016. |
| .ppsm | Macro-enabled Microsoft PowerPoint show. |
2.2. PDF
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Adobe portable document format. |
2.3. Text
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .txt | Standard text document recognised by most applications. |
2.4. Image
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .gif | Graphics Interchange Format. |
| .jpg/.jpeg | Joint Photographic Experts Group. |
| .png | Portable Network Graphics. |
| .bmp | Bitmap. |
2.5. Source Code
Note: File types treated as text by Please Review.
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .a/.ada | Program code written in the ADA language. |
| .ads | ADA specification file for an ADA programming project. |
| .c | Program code written in C or C++. |
| .cpp | Program code written in C++. |
| .cs | Program code written in C#. |
| .f/.for/.f77 | Program code for Fortran 77. |
| .f03 | Program code for Fortran 2003.* |
| .f90 | Program code for Fortran 90.* |
| .f95 | Program code for Fortran 95.* |
| .h | Header file referenced by a C, C++ or Objective-C source code document. |
| .hpp | Header file written in the C++ programming language. |
| .java | Source code file written I the Java programming language. |
| .vhd/.vhdl | Associated with Quartus II (by Altera) for the design of 'system on a programmable chip' (SOPC). |
2.6. XML Source Files
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .cml | These file types are treated as XML by Please Review. |
| .dcd | |
| .ent | |
| .fo | |
| .math | |
| .mml | |
| .mtx | |
| .rdf | |
| .smi/.smil | |
| .tld/.tsd | |
| .vml/.vxml | |
| .wml | |
| .wsdl | |
| .xdr | |
| .xml | |
| .xq/.xql | |
| .xquery | |
| .xsd | |
| .xsl / .xslt |
2.7. Microsoft Word
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .doc | Microsoft Word document for Microsoft Office 97-2003. |
| .docx | XML based Microsoft Word document for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016. |
| .docm | Macro-enabled Microsoft Word document. |
| .dot | Microsoft Word template for Microsoft Office 97 - 2003. |
| .dotx | XML based Microsoft Word template for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016. |
| .dotm | Macro-enabled Microsoft Word template. |
| .rtf | Rich Text Format. |
2.8. Microsoft Excel
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| .xls | Microsoft Excel workbook for Microsoft Office 97 - 2003. |
| .xlsx | XML based Microsoft Excel workbook for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016. |
| .xlt | Macro-enabled Microsoft Excel workbook. |
| .xlt | Microsoft Excel template for Microsoft Office 97 - 2003. |
| .xltx | XML based Microsoft Excel template for Microsoft Office 2007 - 2016. |
| .xltm | Macro-enabled Microsoft Excel template. |
| .xlsb | Microsoft Excel binary workbook. |
| .xlam | Macro-enabled Microsoft Excel add-in. |
3. Unsupported File Formats
When an unsupported document format is included in a review and a participant accesses it, instead of simply opening the document automatically, they will be presented with a message.
When an unsupported format (e.g. tiff) is part of the content within a document (e.g. Word), if the browser used does not support .tiff then the image will not be rendered in the review. Example below:
3.1 Known unsupported file formats
Tagged Image File Format (.tif .tiff) is only supported in Safari browser. Ref: Image file type and format guide - Web media technologies | MDN (mozilla.org)