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Windows Metafile

Windows Metafile (WMF) is an image file format originally designed for Microsoft Windows in the 1990s. The original Windows Metafile format was not device-independent (though could be made more so with placement headers) and may contain both vector graphics and bitmap components. It acts in a similar manner to SVG files. WMF files were later superseded…

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Extended to
EMF
Internet media type
image/wmf
Type of format
Vector graphics
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)
com.microsoft.wmf

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Windows Metafile

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples28
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Windows Metafile

Top relations

related to EMF+ · 15
Windows Metafile → API, Compressed Windows Enhanced Metafile, Compressed Windows Metafile, EMF, EMZ, Enhanced Metafile Format Plus, Extensions, GDI, There, Windows Metafiles, Windows XP, With, WMF, WMF/EMF, WMZ
related to External links · 5
Windows Metafile → Format Summary, Metafile FAQ, MicrosoftMetafiles, Windows, Windows Metafile Format Specification
Extended to · 1
Windows Metafile → EMF
Filename extension · 1
Windows Metafile → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .wmf
Internet media type · 1
Windows Metafile → image/wmf
Type of format · 1
Windows Metafile → Vector graphics
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) · 1
Windows Metafile → com.microsoft.wmf

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Important terminology

wmf records emf format windows files metafile microsoft file object graphics device record objects metafiles image escape also drawing function

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows MetafileExtended toEMF1.00infobox
Windows MetafileFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .wmf1.00infobox
Windows MetafileInternet media typeimage/wmf1.00infobox
Windows MetafileType of formatVector graphics1.00infobox
Windows MetafileUniform Type Identifier (UTI)com.microsoft.wmf1.00infobox
Wordinstance ofIt is the native vector format for Microsoft Office applications0.80text
PowerPointinstance ofIt is the native vector format for Microsoft Office applications0.80text
and Publisherinstance ofIt is the native vector format for Microsoft Office applications0.80text
Windows Metafilerelated to EMF+With0.60section
Windows Metafilerelated to EMF+Windows XP0.60section
Windows Metafilerelated to EMF+Enhanced Metafile Format Plus0.60section
Windows Metafilerelated to EMF+Extensions0.60section

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