| A | B |
| PDF | retains formatting information through all platforms and can be created on any computer, regardless of the operating system. |
| AVI (Video) | standard video format for Windows |
| AU (Audio) | audio format supported by most browsers |
| MPEG (Video) | Want to view high quality video on Web site and speed in not an issue |
| WAV (Audio) | native audio format for Microsoft Windows. |
| OGG (Audio) | Files are smaller, download faster, and sound as good as other audio file formats. |
| TIFF | popular, customizable graphics format commonly used for medical imaging and desktop publishing. |
| video | avi, .mp4, .ogg, .webm and .mov |
| MP4 (video) | video file format is the standard format for movies on the Internet. |
| MPEG (Video) | standard for digital audio and video compression that provides extremely high quality and resolution. |
| MP4 | Video format is natively supported by Internet Explorer and does not require a plg-in. |
| audio | au, .mp3, .aiff and .wav |
| OGG (Ogg Vorbis) | audio file format that is a free, open-source alternative to the MP3 format. |
| GIF (Image) | Graphics file format that uses lossless compression and is limited to 256 colors. |
| JPEG (Image) | Graphic file format widely used for photographs and complex graphics. |
| JPEG (Image) | Graphics file format that is widely used for complex graphics because it uses lossy compression and supports 16 million colors. |
| WAV (Audio) | Audio file format that is the native sound format for Windows. |
| Graphics | .gif, .jpg, .png and .tif |
| Document | .txt, .pdf and .rtf |