Week 5-File Extentions

You may notice there a wide variety of file extensions available. Here is a quick guideline to what the file extensions mean and when to use them.

Text Files
File type	Name	Use
.docx	Microsoft Office Word document	Use when formatting and future editing are important
.txt	Plain text file	Use when formatting is not important
.epub	Electronic Publication	Use when document will be accessed using different devices (computer, tablet, phone, etc.)
.pdf	Portable Document format file	Use for forms or scanned documents Areas where future editing will be limited

Image Files
File type	Name	Use
.gif	Graphical interchange format file	Use for low color
.jpg	JPEG Image	Use for web pages/email/ limited memory
.png	Portable Network Graphic	Use for medium quality, such as word documents
.tif	Tagged image file Format	Use for high resolution images for printing/ advertising
.pdf	Portable Document format file	Use for forms or documents