File Formats

For slideshows and lectures. Microsoft’s PPTX is commonly used.

Data organized into a grid of cells. Microsoft Excel’s XLSX is a de facto standard.

Any file that’s been made smaller with compression. ZIP and RAR for general files, MP3 for audio, JPG for images, etc.

Moving pictures and sound together. MP4, AVI and MKV are prevalent formats.

Sound data like music and recordings. MP3 and WAV are the usual suspects.

Visual data like photos and graphics. JPG, PNG, and GIF are typical formats.

Plain unformatted text. TXT files are the universal standard.

Matroska Video. A versatile multimedia container that can hold video, audio, subtitles, and metadata.

The standard ebook format. Supports flowable text content with images and formatting.

A modern image format that offers better compression for the web than JPG or PNG.