Comparison of the Graphics Output

• Most Windows-based applications recognize the EMF and WMF formats.

• Graphs stored in EMF or WMF can usually be edited after they are imported.

• Graphs are imported at full size into Office, and can be resized without a loss of quality.

Limitations:

• The EMF format does not support transparency (see Working Around the EMF and CGM Transparency Limitation).

• Only one graph per file is supported.

• SASEMF and SASWMF

• EMF and WMF

• Graphs stored in CGM files can be edited after they are imported.

• The image can be resized without a loss of quality.

Limitations:

• The format does not support transparency (see Working Around the EMF and CGM Transparency Limitation).

• Because the default CGM filter is not installed by default in Microsoft Office, to import CGM files, you must install the CGM filter (see About the Default CGM Filter for Microsoft Office).

• Although the CGM format supports multiple images per file, not all versions of Microsoft Office can import more than one image per file (see About the Default CGM Filter for Microsoft Office).

• CGMOFML (landscape)

• CGMOFMP (portrait)

• Designed to display images on the Web.

• Uses lossless data compression.

• Supports transparency (with the PNGT device).

• Can store high-resolution images.

• Supports truecolor images.

Limitation: cannot be resized without a loss of quality.

• PNG ( no transparency)

• PNG300 (no transparency)

• PNGT (transparency)

• UPNG (no transparency)

• UPNGT (transparency)

• JPEG is widely used for displaying photographs on the Web.

• Both can store high-resolution graphics.

Limitations:

• JPEG uses lossy compression.

• The SAS/GRAPH JPEG device supports only 256 colors.

• TIFF is not a Web graphics format.

• JPEG and TIFF images cannot be resized without a loss of quality.

• JPEG

• TIFFP (color)

• TIFFB (monochrome)

• GIF supports transparent backgrounds.

• GIF can store multiple images per file when it is formatted as an animated GIF.

• Both support the IBACK option and the IMAGE annotation function for including logos and other images in the background of the graph.

Limitations:

• Both formats have a fixed resolution of 96 DPI.

• The GIF standard is limited to 256 colors.

• Cannot be resized without a loss of quality.

• BMP (720x480)

• BMP20 (720 480, BMP 2.0)

• GIF (800x600)

• GIFANIM (1280x1024, multi-image)

• UGIF (Universal Printer)

• Can contain a combination of vector and bitmap objects.

• Can be resized after it is imported into Office 97 or Office 2000.

Limitations:

• The images should not be edited after they are imported.

• Because the system display does not use the PostScript language to render the graph, these graphics might be visible only when printed to a PostScript printer.

• Because the preview is created automatically in Office 2002 and later, the image should not be resized after it is imported.

• Although this format can store more than one image per file, an EPS file should contain only one image.

• UEPS (gray scale)

• UEPSC (color)

• PSEPSF (gray scale)

• PSEPSFA4 (gray scale)

• PSLEPSF (gray scale)

• PSLEPSFC (color)

• Can store text and graphics.

• In Office 2000 and later, and in Microsoft Word in Office 97, the images are loaded into the document automatically when the HTML is imported.

Limitation: In Office 97, the images are not loaded into a PowerPoint or Excel document when the HTML is imported. Only the text and tables are imported.

• JPEG

• GIF and UGIF

• ACTIVEX

• ACTXIMG and JAVAIMG, which create PNG files

• PNG, PNGT, UPNG, and UPNGT

• Designed specifically for sharing documents between word processors.

• Can store both text and graphics.

• JPEG

• ACTIVEX

• ACTXIMG and JAVAIMG, which create PNG files

• PNG, PNGT, UPNG, and UPNGT

• SASEMF and EMF