File Formats Supported

ViewWise Document Management

Supported File Formats in ViewWise® Viewer

The ViewWise Viewer allows not only the ability to view a wide array of file formats, but also has the functionality to search within and print them

The ViewWise® IDM solution stores any file format and incorporates best-in-class viewer technologies, including Stellent's Outside In Technology, Lead Tools and Lizardtech's DjVu for the viewing of files of the specific types listed below. This integration allows ViewWise® customers to view a wide variety of file formats, regardless of whether they have the authoring application installed or not.

Below are the Viewing Formats. For the Imaging Formats, click here.

Word Processing Formats

ANSI Text.....................................................7 & 8 bit
ASCII Text....................................................7 & 8 bit
DEC WPS Plus (DX).................................Versions through 3.1
DEC WPS Plus (WPL)..............................Versions through 4.1
DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT)..........................All versions
DisplayWrite 4 & 5.....................................Versions through 2.0
EBCDIC.......................................................All versions
Enable.........................................................Versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.5
First Choice................................................Versions through 3.0
Framework.................................................Version 3.0
Hangul........................................................Versions 97, 2002, 2005
IBM FFT.......................................................All Versions
IBM Revisable Form Text.........................All versions
Just System Ichitaro.................................Versions 4.x through 6.x, 8.x through 13.x, and 2004
JustWrite.....................................................Versions through 3.0
Legacy.........................................................Versions through 1.1
Lotus AMI/AMI Professional.....................Versions through 3.1
Lotus Manuscript.......................................Version 2.0
Lotus Word Pro (non-Windows).............SmartSuite 97, Millennium, and Millennium 9.6 (text only)
Lotus Word Prod (Windows)...................SmartSuite 96, 97, Millennium, and Millennium 9.6 (text only)
MacWrite II...................................................Version 1.1
MASS11.......................................................Versions through 8.0
Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF)...........All versions
Microsoft Word (DOS)...............................Versions through 6.0
Microsoft Word (Mac)................................Versions 4.0 - 2004
Microsoft Word (Windows)......................Versions through 2007
Microsoft WordPad....................................All Versions
Microsoft Works (DOS).............................Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Mac)..............................Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Windows).....................Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Windows Write..........................Versions through 3.0
MultiMate......................................................Versions through 4.0
Navy DIF.......................................................All versions
Nota Bene....................................................Version 3.0
Novell Perfect Works..................................Version 2.0
Novell/Corel WordPerfect (DOS)..............Versions through 6.1
Novell/Corel WordPerfect (Mac)................Versions 1.02 - 3.0
Novell/Corel WordPerfect (Windows)......Versions through 12.0
Office Writer...................................................Versions 4.0 - 6.0
OpenOffice Writer (Windows/UNIX)..........OpenOffice version 1.1, 2.0
PC-File Letter................................................Versions through 5.0
PC-File+ Letter..............................................Versions through 3.0
PFS: Write......................................................Versions A, B, and C
Professional Write (DOS)...........................Versions through 2.1
Professiona Write Plus (Windows)...........Version 1.0
Q&A (DOS).....................................................Version 2.0
Q&A Write (Windows)...................................Version 3.0
Samna Word..................................................Versions through Samna Word IV+
SmartWare II..................................................Version 1.02
Sprint...............................................................Versions through 1.0
StarOffice Writer............................................Version 5.2 (text only) and 6.x through 9.x
Total Word......................................................Version 1.2
Unicode Text..................................................All versions
UTF-8..............................................................All versions
Volkswriter 3 & 4...........................................Versions through 1.0
Wang PC (IWP).............................................Versions through 2.6
WordMARC....................................................Versoins through Composer Plus
WordStar (DOS)............................................Versions through 7.0
WordStar (Windows)....................................Version 1.0
WordStar 2000 (DOS)..................................Versions through 3.0
XyWrite.............................................................Versions through III Plus

Desktop Publishing Formats
Adobe FrameMaker........................................Versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 (text only Japanese excludes 5.5)

Database Formats
Access.................................................................Versions through 2.0 dBASE..................................................................Versions through 5.0 DataEase............................................................Version 4.x
dBXL.....................................................................Version 1.3 Enable..................................................................Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice.........................................................Versions through 3.0 FoxBase...............................................................Version 2.1
Framework..........................................................Version 3.0
Microsoft Works (Windows).............................Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Works (DOS)......................................Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Mac).......................................Versions through 2.0
Paradox (DOS)....................................................Versions through 4.0
Paradox (Windows)............................................Versions through 1.0
Personal R:BASE................................................Version 1.0
R:BASE 5000.......................................................Versions through 3.1
R:BASE System V................................................Version 1.0 Reflex.....................................................................Version 2.0
Q & A......................................................................Versions through 2.0
SmartWare II.........................................................Version 1.02

Spreadsheet Formats
Enable.................................................................Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5
First Choice.......................................................Versions through 3.0 Framework.........................................................Version 3.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows).......................Versions through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2)............................................Versions through 2.0
Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows)..........Versions through 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite..............................Versions 97 – Millennium 9.6
Lotus Symphony................................................Versions 1.0,1.1 and 2.0
Mac Works..........................................................Version 2.0
Microsoft Excel Charts......................................Versions 2.x - 7.0
Microsoft Excel (Mac)........................................Versions 3.0 – 4.0, 98, 2001, 2002, 2004, and v.X
Microsoft Excel (Windows)...............................Versions 2.2 through 2007
Microsoft Multiplan.............................................Version 4.0
Microsoft Works (Windows)..............................Versions through 4.0
Microsoft Works (DOS)......................................Versions through 2.0
Microsoft Works (Mac).......................................Versions through 2.0
Mosaic Twin.........................................................Version 2.5
Novell Perfect Works..........................................Version 2.0
PFS: Professional Plan......................................Version 1.0
Quattro Pro (DOS)...............................................Versions through 5.0 (text only)
Quattro Pro (Windows).......................................Versions through 12.0 (text only)
SmartWare II.........................................................Version 1.02
StarOffice/OpenOffice Calc (Windows/UNIX)....StarOffice Versions 5.2 (text only) - 8.0, OpenOffice 1.1, 2.0
SuperCalc 5......................................................... Version 4.0
VP PLanner 3D.....................................................Version 1.0

Presentation Formats

Corel/Novell Presentations.................................Versions through 12.0
Harvard Graphics (DOS)......................................Versions 2.x & 3.x
Harvard Graphics (Windows).............................Windows versions
Freelance (Windows)...........................................Versions through Millennium 9.6
Freelance (OS/2)...................................................Versions through 2.0
Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows).......................Versions 3.0 through 2007
Microsoft PowerPoint (Mac)................................Versions 4.0 through v.X
StarOffice/OpenOffice Impress (Windows/UNIX)..StarOffice Versions 5.2 (text only) - 8.0, OpenOffice 1.1, 2.0

Graphic Formats

Adobe Photoshop (PSD).................................................Version 4.0
Adobe Illustrator................................................................Versions through 7.0, 9.0
Adobe FrameMaker graphics (FMV)..............................Vector/raster through 5.0
Adobe Acrobat (PDF)........................................................Versions 1.0, 2.1, 3.0 – 7.0 (including Japanese)
Ami Draw (SDW)................................................................Ami Draw
AutoCAD Interchange and Native Drawing formats....DXF and DWG
AutoCAD Drawing..............................................................Versions 2.5 - 2.6, 9.0 - 14.0, 2000i and 2002
AutoShade Rendering (RND)..........................................Version 2.0
Binary Group 3 Fax............................................................All versions
Bitmap (BMP, RLE, ICO, CUR, OS/2 DIB & WARP) ....All versions
CALS Raster (GP4)............................................................Type I and Type II
Corel Clipart format (CMX)...............................................Versions 5 through 6
Corel Draw (CDR)..............................................................Versions 3.x – 8.x
Corel Draw (CDR with TIFF header)...............................Versions 2.x – 9.x
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)................................ANSI, CALS NIST version 3.0
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS).......................................TIFF header only
GEM Paint (IMG)..................................................................All versions
Graphics Environment Mgr (GEM)...................................Bitmap & vector
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)................................All versions
Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (HPGL)..............Version 2
IBM Graphics Data Format (GDF)....................................Version 1.0
IBM Picture Interchange Format (PIF).............................Version 1.0
Initial Graphics Exchange Spec (IGES)..........................Version 5.1
JBIG2.....................................................................................JBIG2 graphic embeddings in PDF files
JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format).........................................All versions
JPEG (including EXIF) ......................................................All versions
Kodak Flash Pix (FPX) ......................................................All versions
Kodak Photo CD (PCD).....................................................Version 1.0
Lotus PIC ............................................................................All versions
Lotus Snapshot..................................................................All versions
Macintosh PICT1 & PICT2...............................................Bitmap only
MacPaint (PNTG)...............................................................All versions
Micrografx Draw (DRW)....................................................Versions through 4.0
Micrografx Designer (DRW).............................................Versions through 3.1
Micrografx Designer(DSF)................................................Windows 95, version 6.0
Novell PerfectWorks (Draw).............................................Version 2.0
OS/2 PM Metafile (MET)....................................................Version 3.0
Paint Shop Pro 6 (PSP)....................................................Windows only, versions 5.0 – 6.0
PC Paintbrush (PCX and DCX).......................................All version
Portable Bitmap (PBM)......................................................All versions
Portable Graymap (PGM).................................................No specific version
Portable Network Graphics (PNG).................................Version 1.0
Portable Pixmap (PPM)....................................................No specific version
Postscript (PS)...................................................................Levels 1-2
Progressive JPEG.............................................................No specific version
Sun Raster (SRS)..............................................................No specific version
Star Office/OpenOffice Draw......................................StarOffice Versions 5.2 (text only) - 8.0, OpenOffice 1.1, 2.0
TIFF......................................................................................Versions through 6
TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4...................................................Versions through 6
Truevision TGA (TARGA)..................................................Version 2
Visio (preview)....................................................................Version 4
Visio......................................................................................Versions 5, 2000, 2002, and 2003
WBMP...................................................................................No specific version
Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)................................No specific version
Windows Metafile (WMF)...................................................No specific version
WordPerfect Graphics (WPG & WPG2)..........................Versions through 2.0
X-Windows Bitmap (XBM).................................................x10 compatible
X-Windows Dump (XWD)..................................................x10 compatible
X-Windows Pixmap (XPM)................................................x10 compatible


Compressed Formats
GZIP....................................................................................All versions
LZA Self Extracting Compress .....................................All versions
LZH Compress ................................................................All versions
Microsoft Binder..............................................................Versions 7.0-97 (supported only on Windows) UUEncode........................................................................All versions
UNIX Compress..............................................................All versions
UNIX TAR..........................................................................All versions
ZIP......................................................................................PKWARE versions through 2.04g

Email Formats
  • Microsoft Outlook Folder (PST)
    Microsoft Outlook Folder and Microsoft Outlook Offline Folder files versions 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007
  • Microsoft Outlook Message (MSG)
    Microsoft Outlook Message and Microsoft Outlook Form Template versions 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007
  • MIME
    MIME-encoded mail messages

Other Formats

Executable (EXE, DLL).......................................No specific version
HTML......................................................................Versions through 3.0, with some limitations
Macromedia Flash...............................................Versions 6.x, 7.x, and Lite (text only)
Microsoft Project...................................................Versions 98 - 2003 (text only)
vCard, vCalendar..................................................Version 2.1
Windows Executable...........................................No specific version
WML........................................................................Version 5.2
XML.........................................................................Text only
Yahoo! Instant Messenger Archive...................No specific version

Imaging Formats:
Color and Grayscale
  • JPEG and LEAD Compressed
  • GIF and TIFF with LZW Compression
  • TIFF Without LZW Compression
  • BMP Formats
  • Icons and Cursors (ICO and CUR)
  • PCX Formats (PCX and DCX)
  • Kodak Formats (PCD and FPX)
  • DICOM Format (DIC)
  • Exif Formats (TIFF and JPG)
  • Windows Metafile Formats (WMF and EMF)
  • Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)
  • XPicMap Format (XPM)
  • Interchange File Format (IFF)
  • Portable Bitmap Utilities (PBM)
  • Dr Halo (CUT)
  • Microsoft Windows Clipboard (CLP)
  • X Window Dump (XWD)Flic Animation (FLC)
  • Windows Animated Cursor (ANI)
  • DRaWing (DRW)
  • Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
  • PLT (PLT)
  • PTOCA Format (PTOCA)
  • DWF (DWF)
  • DWG (DWG)
  • DGN (DGN)
  • Gerber Format (GBR)
  • PhotoShop 3.0 Format (PSD)
  • Portable Network Graphics Format (PNG)
  • Truevision TARGA Format (TGA)
  • Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
  • JBIG Format (JBG)
  • SUN Raster Format (RAS)
  • WordPerfect Format (WPG)
  • Macintosh Pict Format (PCT)
  • Windows AVI Format (AVI)
  • Silicon Graphics Image (SGI)
  • Scitex Continuous Tone Format (SCT)
  • Printer Command Language Format (PCL)
  • AFP Format (AFP)
  • ESRI Shape Format (SHP)

Imaging Formats:
Bitonal (1-bit)
  • LEAD 1-Bit Format (CMP)
  • XBitMap (XBM)
  • SMP Format (SMP)
  • Wireless Bitmap Format (WBMP)
  • Image Object Content Architecture Format (IOCA)
  • Intergraph Format (ITG)
  • Miscellaneous 1-Bit Formats (MAC, IMG, and MSP)