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Supported File Formats

Most common container and file formats supported by Farsight Processing:

CategoryFile ExtensionDescription
Container7Z7-ZIP Archive
ContainerRARRoshal Archive
ContainerTARTape Archive
ContainerZIPZIP Archive
ContainerMBOXMBOX Email Format
ContainerPSTMicrosoft Outlook 2003+ Personal Folders File (Unicode variant)
DocumentDOCMicrosoft Office Word 2003
DocumentDOCXMicrosoft Office Word 2007+
DocumentODTOpenDocument Text
DocumentPDFPortable Document Format (including portfolios)
DocumentRTFRich Text Format
EmailEMLElectronic Mail Format
MSGMicrosoft Outlook Item (category depends on actual content: Email, Calendar, Contact, Other)
PresentationODPOpenDocument Presentation
PresentationPPTMicrosoft Office Powerpoint 2003
PresentationPPTXMicrosoft Office Powerpoint 2007+
SpreadsheetCSVComma Separated Values
SpreadsheetODSOpenDocument Spreadsheet
SpreadsheetXLSMicrosoft Office Excel 2003
SpreadsheetXLSXMicrosoft Office Excel 2007+
TextHTMLHyperText Markup Language
TextTXTPlain Text
TextXMLExtensible Markup Language

Below an overview of all high-level file categories available in Field “Item - Category”:

CategoryComment
CalendarIncludes both appointments and meeting requests or responses.
Contact
ContainerTypically resolves into other files unless extraction failed e.g. encrypted archives.
DocumentBasically page based documents such as PDF and text writer formats.
Email
ImageRestricted to raster image file formats.
OtherUnsupported files among other niche records e.g. Sticky Notes, Call Detail Records.
Presentation
Spreadsheet
TextPlain text or markup languages such as XML and HTML.