[Re: PICT format]

[Petr Kuzmic]

I used to have a book called "Graphic File Formats", so I typed "graphic
file" into the superbookstore www.amazon.com search engine, and here is
what came out:

Graphic File Toolkit : Converting and Using
                  Graphic Files/Book and Disk
                  by Steve Rimmer

                  Book&Disk Edition 
                  Paperback, 335 pages
                  Published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co
                  Publication date: August 1, 1992
                  Dimensions (in inches): 9.08 x 7.41 x .92
                  ISBN: 0201608464 
                  List: $29.95
                  Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days.

Synopsis:
                  This book/disk package for the IBM PC presents each of
the
                  commonly-used graphic file formats in detail and shows
how to
                  convert them into formats that popular
desktop-publishing and word
                  processing applications can read. Packages covered
include
                  PageMaker, Ventura, WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, and
                  PublishIt. 

                  Table of Contents
                  Ch. 1. An Introduction to Graphic Files 
                  Ch. 2. MacPaint Files 
                  Ch. 3. GEM/Halo IMG Files 
                  Ch. 4. PCC and PCX Files 
                  Ch. 5. TIFF Files 
                  Ch. 6. GIF Files 
                  Ch. 7. IFF/LBM Files 
                  Ch. 8. PC Paint/Pictor PIC 
                  Ch. 9. Truevision Targa 
                  Ch. 10. Microsoft Paint MSP Files 
                  Ch. 11. Microsoft Windows (BMP) Files 
                  Ch. 12. Halo CUT Files 
                  Ch. 13. WordPerfect WPG Files 
                  Ch. 14. Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Files 
                  Ch. 15. Corel Draw CDR Files 
                  Ch. 16. AutoCAD DXF Files 
                  Ch. 17. GEM Files 
                  Ch. 18. Computer Graphic Metafile (CGM) Files 
                  Ch. 19. HPGL Files 
                  Ch. 20. Lotus PIC Files 
                  Ch. 21. Macintosh PICT Files 
                  Ch. 22. Windows Metafiles (WMF) 
                  Appendix A-What's on the Enclosed Disk 
                  Appendix B--Changes to Ventura 4.0 
                  Index 
You can read a review of the book on the www.amazon.com website (and add
comments of your own).

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