Excellent for simple images that contain text, it’s most often used for Web graphics with a small number of colors (not photos). Most image-editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements or Jasc Paint Shop Pro, can open this graphics format for still and animated images.
When genealogists who use different family tree programs want to share family files, they can convert their data to this standard file format any genealogy software can open. ? GED: GEDCOM (short for Genealogical Data Communication). ? DOC: If you use Microsoft Word to type genealogy notes or correspondence, the resulting files are DOCS. Most often played on Apple QuickTime or Windows Media Player, this format for sound and video clips is becoming obsolete. This glossary will help you unscramble those mystery letters. The secret to identifying a compatible software program lies in the three-or four-letter extension at the end of the file name - which, for many of us, is a meaningless alphabet soup. We’ve all received a computer file we didn’t know how to open.
