Digitizing Material Optimizing Digital Investments Kinds of Files Common on the Web Digitizing Pathways Optimizing Digital Investments Much of the content you want to transfer to the web may already reside on a floppy disk or hard disk in text form. You can use and repurpose this text for distribution in a variety of formats: Paper lecture notes Paper handouts Classroom presentation Overheads Slides Computer displays Web pages Before entering text, identify the possible pathways the text might take from data entry to output and distribution. Make sure that whatever software you use will be able to import and export the text. Kinds of Files Common on the Web Below is a list of some of the common file types found on the web with descriptions of how they function, and examples of how they appear on the web. File Extension Description Example .htm, .html HyperText Markup Language file used to display web pages. Click .txt ASCII text file; basic text without any formatting like bold or italic. Click .gif Graphic files of 256 colors, often used for fancy text, graphics, logos, and animations. Click .jpg Image file often used for full-color photographs. Click .pdf Portable Document File for displaying facsimiles of documents including fonts, graphics, layouts, etc. Files are not digitally editable. Click .snd, .au Sound or music file .mov Movie file Digitizing Pathways Text Text can come form the keyboard orfrom another previously existing file on the web, on your hard disk or on a floppy. You can cut and paste it once it is a digital form and many programs have input and output filters to work with text. You can also capture text by scanning the image and running optical character recognition (OCR) software on the image files to convert the images of the character to text. Images Sound Video Prev Topic Ê Ê Next Topic Course Website Contents Maintained by: Layne Nordgren (nordgrle@plu.edu) Last Update: 09/05/97