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What is a Software File Extension? – Know your PDFs from your PSDs

What is a Software File Extension? – Know your PDFs from your PSDs

Do you know your PDFs from your PSDs? We often get clients requesting documents and asking for files in a format that is not what they require. And understandably so, with so many applications nowadays it’s not difficult to become confused with file formats, file extensions and what goes with what. So we’ve compiled a brief guide of our most commonly requested file formats.

This guide includes the file format with extension and what application they belong to. The example document name is ‘extensions101’ followed by the retrospective software file extension. E.g extensions101.docx.

Microsoft Word:

Microsoft Word will save your documents with the extension, .docx. E.g extensions101.docx
Microsoft Word will save your documents with the software file extension, .docx. E.g extensions101.docx

Microsoft Excel:

Microsoft Excel will save your documents with the extension, .xlsx. E.g extensions101.xlsx
Microsoft Excel will save your documents with the software file extension, .xlsx. E.g extensions101.xlsx

Microsoft Powerpoint:

Microsoft Powerpoint will save your documents with the file extension, .pptx. E.g extensions101.pptx
Microsoft Powerpoint will save your documents with the software file extension, .pptx. E.g extensions101.pptx

Adobe Photoshop:

Adobe Photoshop will save your documents with the extension, .psd. E.g extensions101.psd
Adobe Photoshop will save your documents with the software file extension, .psd. E.g extensions101.psd

Adobe Indesign:

Adobe Indesign will save your documents with the extension, .indd. E.g extensions101.indd
Adobe Indesign will save your documents with the software file extension, .indd. E.g extensions101.indd

Adobe Illustrator:

Adobe Illustrator will save your documents with the extension, .ai. E.g extensions101.ai
Adobe Illustrator will save your documents with the software file extension, .ai. E.g extensions101.ai

Adobe Acrobat:

Adobe Acrobat will save your documents with the extension, .pdf. E.g extensions101.pdf
Adobe Acrobat will save your documents with the software file extension, .pdf. E.g extensions101.pdf