WordPerfect Graphics

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== Format details ==
 
== Format details ==
 
The [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] states that WPG is a [[Endianness|big-endian]] format, but that is incorrect. WPG is mainly a little-endian format; it also has a variable-length integer format that sometimes uses a ''mixed-endian'' format.
 
The [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] states that WPG is a [[Endianness|big-endian]] format, but that is incorrect. WPG is mainly a little-endian format; it also has a variable-length integer format that sometimes uses a ''mixed-endian'' format.
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== Format Specifications ==
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* [https://archive.org/details/mac_Graphics_File_Formats_Second_Edition_1996/page/n989/mode/2up WPG format description from the "Encyclopedia of graphics file formats"]
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/WP6FileFormatSDK.zip WordPerfect 6.0 Format SDK, includes section on WPG 2.0.]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010405103731/http://www.corel.com/partners_developers/ds/CO32SDK/docs/ff/B_1GRAPH.HTM Corel WordPerfect® Graphics (WPG) File Format]
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
 
Some or all WPG files begin with bytes {{magic|FF 'W' 'P' 'C' 10 00 00 00 01 16 01 00 ?? ?? 00 00}}.
 
Some or all WPG files begin with bytes {{magic|FF 'W' 'P' 'C' 10 00 00 00 01 16 01 00 ?? ?? 00 00}}.
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Some later WPG files can be contained in the [[Microsoft Compound File|"OLE2" document container format]].
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/ → [http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/HOLI/OTHER/ HOLI], [http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/SPORTS/OTHER/ SPORTS], [http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/TRANSP/OTHER/ TRANSP], etc.
 
* http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/ → [http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/HOLI/OTHER/ HOLI], [http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/SPORTS/OTHER/ SPORTS], [http://cd.textfiles.com/clipart1996/TRANSP/OTHER/ TRANSP], etc.
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/WORDPERF/GCATWP32.ZIP GCATWP32.ZIP], [http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/WORDPERF/WCLIP11.ZIP WCLIP11.ZIP]
 
* [http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/WORDPERF/GCATWP32.ZIP GCATWP32.ZIP], [http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/WORDPERF/WCLIP11.ZIP WCLIP11.ZIP]
* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/wpg/
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* {{DexvertSamples|image/wpg}}
 
* [https://archive.org/download/word-perfect-clip-art-premium-mac-win-1994/WordPerfect_ClipArt_Premium_MacWin_1994.iso/ WordPerfect Clip Art Samples]
 
* [https://archive.org/download/word-perfect-clip-art-premium-mac-win-1994/WordPerfect_ClipArt_Premium_MacWin_1994.iso/ WordPerfect Clip Art Samples]
  
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[[Category:Corel]]
 
[[Category:Corel]]
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[[Category:Microsoft Compound File]]

Latest revision as of 04:06, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name WordPerfect Graphics
Ontology
Extension(s) .wpg
PRONOM x-fmt/395, fmt/1042

WordPerfect Graphics (WPG) is an image file format associated with the WordPerfect word processor. Other names for it include WordPerfect Graphics Metafile and WordPerfect bitmap. The word Corel may also appear in the name.

WPG is fundamentally a vector format, but it was often used as a wrapper for a single raster image. Vector and "raster" WPG images are both common.

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[edit] Format details

The Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats states that WPG is a big-endian format, but that is incorrect. WPG is mainly a little-endian format; it also has a variable-length integer format that sometimes uses a mixed-endian format.

[edit] Format Specifications

[edit] Identification

Some or all WPG files begin with bytes FF 'W' 'P' 'C' 10 00 00 00 01 16 01 00 ?? ?? 00 00.

Some later WPG files can be contained in the "OLE2" document container format.

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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