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The document explains the structure and importance of Windows file extensions, which consist of a file name followed by a period and a three- or four-letter extension indicating the file type. It provides a list of common file extensions and their corresponding file types, such as .DOCX for Microsoft Word documents and .PDF for Portable Document Format files. Additionally, it includes instructions on how to show file extensions in Windows File Explorer.

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The document explains the structure and importance of Windows file extensions, which consist of a file name followed by a period and a three- or four-letter extension indicating the file type. It provides a list of common file extensions and their corresponding file types, such as .DOCX for Microsoft Word documents and .PDF for Portable Document Format files. Additionally, it includes instructions on how to show file extensions in Windows File Explorer.

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Common Windows file extensions

Windows file names have two parts; the file's name, then a period followed by the
extension (suffix). The extension is a three- or four-letter abbreviation that signifies
the file type. For example, in letter.docx the filename is letter and the extension
is docx. Extensions are important because they tell your computer what icon to use
for the file, and what application can open the file. For example, the doc extension
tells your computer that the file is a Microsoft Word file.
If you want to open a MAC OS X file in Windows, you may need to add the extension
to a MAC OS X file name so Windows can recognize it. For example, if you have a
Word 6 MAC OS X document named letter that you want to open in Windows, you
need to rename the file letter.docx so that Word in Windows will recognize and
open the file.

Note: This list is by no means a complete and exhaustive list of file extensions. If
the file extension you are using is not listed below, you may find the information by
looking in the software manual or software application's Web site.

File Extension File Type


.AIFF or .AIF Audio Interchange File Format
.AU Basic Audio
.AVI Multimedia Audio/Video
.BAT PC batch file
.BMP Windows BitMap
.CLASS or .JAVA Java files
.CSV Comma separated, variable length file (Open in Excel)
.CVS Canvas
.DBF dbase II, III, IV data
.DIF Data Interchange format
.DOC or .DOCX Microsoft Word for Windows/Word97
.EPS Encapsulated PostScript
.EXE PC Application
.FM3 Filemaker Pro databases (the numbers following represent the version
.GIF Graphics Interchange Format
.HQX Macintosh BinHex
.HTM or .HTML Web page source text
.JPG or JPEG JPEG graphic
.MAC MacPaint
.MAP Web page imagemap
.MDB MS Access database
.MID or .MIDI MIDI sound
.MOV or .QT QuickTime Audio/Video
.MTB or .MTW MiniTab
.PDF Acrobat -Portable document format
.P65 PageMaker (the numbers following represent the version #) P=publica
.T65 T=template
.PNG Portable Network Graphics
.PPT or .PPTX PowerPoint
.PSD Adobe PhotoShop
.PSP PaintShop Pro
.QXD QuarkXPress
.RA RealAudio
.RTF Rich Text Format
.SIT Stuffit Compressed Archive
.TAR UNIX TAR Compressed Archive
.TIF TIFF graphic
.TXT ASCII text (Mac text does not contain line feeds--use DOS Washer Utilit
.WAV Windows sound
.WK3 Lotus 1-2-3 (the numbers following represent the version #)
.WKS MS Works
WPD or .WP5 WordPerfect (the numbers following represent the version #)
.XLS or .XLSX Excel spreadsheet
.ZIP PC Zip Compressed Archive

Showing File Extensions


If none of your file names have extensions, file extensions are hidden. To show file
extensions:
1. In the File Explorer, click the "View" tab and select the check box next to "File
name extensions."

You can also follow these instructions, which will work for older versions of
Windows.

1. Click on the start menu and type "Show hidden files and folders," then press
the enter key or select that option from the list of results.
2. In the "View" tab, make uncheck the option "Hide extensions for known file
types."
3. Click "Apply" then "OK".

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