Windows Metafile

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File Format
Name Windows Metafile
Ontology
Extension(s) .wmf, .emf, .wmz, .emz
PRONOM fmt/345, others

Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format used mainly by old Microsoft Windows applications. It stores a list of commands which, when executed, generate an image.

Windows has drivers to support WMF, allowing applications to either write to a WMF file, or draw on the screen, using the same API.

The newer versions of the format are known as Enhanced Metafile (EMF) and Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions (EMF+).

The .wmz extension indicates a ZIP-compressed WMF file. The .emz extension is reportedly used for gzip-compressed EMF files.

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Format PRONOM ID
WMF x-fmt/119
EMF 1.0 x-fmt/153
EMF 2.0 fmt/344
EMF 3.0 fmt/345

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