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File Formats Supported by Gimmal Discover

Adobe Framemaker MIF (*.mif)
Adobe Photoshop images (metadata only) (*.psd)
Ami Pro (*.sam)
Ansi Text (*.txt)
Apple iWork KeyNote 2009 (*.key)
Apple iWork Numbers 2009 (*.numbers)
Apple iWork Pages 2009 (*.pages)
ASCII Text
ASF media files (metadata only) (*.asf)
CSV (Comma-separated values) (*.csv)
DBF (*.dbf)
EBCDIC
EML (emails saved by Outlook Express) (*.eml)
Enhanced Metafile Format (*.emf)
EMF Spool (*.spl)
Eudora MBX message files (*.mbx)
Flash (*.swf)
GZIP (*.gz)
Hancom Hanword (*.hwp)
Hancom Hanword 97(*.hwp)
HTML (*.htm, *.html)
iCalendar (*.ics)
Ichitaro (versions 5 and later) (*.jtd, *.jbw)
JPEG (*.jpg)
Lotus 1-2-3 (*.123, *.wk?)
MBOX email archives such as Thunderbird, including attachments (see note 3) (*.mbx)
MHT archives (web pages saved by Internet Explorer in the "Web archive, single file" format) (*.mht)
MIME messages, including attachments (see note 3)
MSG (emails saved by Outlook), including attachments (see note 3) (*.msg)
Microsoft Access 95, 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 MDB (see note 1) (*.mdb, *.accdb)
Microsoft Document Imaging (*.mdi)
Microsoft Excel for Mac 2.2, 3, 4, 5, 98, 2001, X, 2004, 2008, 2011
Microsoft Excel for Windows 2, 3, 4, 5
Microsoft Excel 95, 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 (*.xls)
Microsoft Excel 2003 XML (*.xml)
Microsoft Excel Office Open XML 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 (*.xlsx)
Microsoft OneNote 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 (*.one)
Microsoft Outlook 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 data files, including attachments (see note 3) (*.PST, *.OST)
Microsoft Outlook/Exchange Messages, Notes, Contacts, Appointments, and Tasks (see note 2)
Microsoft Outlook Express 5 and 6 (*.dbx) message stores
Microsoft PowerPoint 3, 4, 95, 97, 98, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 (*.ppt)
Microsoft PowerPoint Office Open XML 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 (*.pptx)
Microsoft Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
Microsoft Searchable Tiff (*.tiff)
Microsoft Word for DOS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word for Mac 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 98, 2001, X, 2004, 2008, 2011
Microsoft Word for Windows 1, 2, 6 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 95, 97, 98, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 (*.doc)
Microsoft Word 2003 XML (*.xml)
Microsoft Word Office Open XML 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 (*.docx)
Microsoft Works WP (*.wks)
MP3 (metadata only) (*.mp3)
Multimate Advantage II (*.dox)
Multimate version 4 (*.doc)
OpenOffice/LibreOffice versions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 documents, spreadsheets, and presentations (.sxc,.sxd, *.sxi, *.sxw, *.sxg, *.stc, *.sti, *.stw, *.stm, *.odt, *.ott, *.odg, *.otg, *.odp, *.otp, *.ods,.ots, *.odf) (includes OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications)
PDF 1.x files (*.pdf) (see note 4)
PDF Portfolio files (*.pdf), including embedded non-PDF documents.
Quattro Pro (*.wb1, *.wb2, *.wb3, *.qpw)
QuickTime (*.mov, *.m4a, *.m4v)
RAR (*.rar) (see note 4)
TAR (*.tar)
TIFF (metadata only) (*.tif)
TNEF (winmail.dat)
Treepad HJT files (*.hjt)
Unicode (UCS16, Mac or Windows byte order, or UTF-8)
Visio XML files (*.vdx)
Windows Metafile Format (*.wmf)
WMA media files (metadata only) (*.wma)
WMV video files (metadata only) (*.wmv)
WordPerfect 4.2 (*.wpd, *.wpf)
WordPerfect (5.0 and later) (*.wpd, *.wpf)
WordStar version 1, 2, 3 (*.ws)
WordStar versions 4, 5, 6 (*.ws)
WordStar 2000
Write (*.wri)
XBase (including FoxPro, dBase, and other XBase-compatible formats) (*.dbf)
XML (*.xml)
XML Paper Specification (*.xps)
XSL
XyWrite
ZIP (*.zip) (PKZIP 2.0-compatible)
Notes
[1] Databases. The Gimmal Discover File Agent does not use ODBC or any Microsoft database drivers for Microsoft Access files. Each record of a database is treated as a separate document. Gimmal highly recommends using the OLEDB Agent for database content.
[2] Outlook and Exchange. Outlook and Exchange message stores are indexed using MAPI. Outlook PST and OST files can be searched directly, without using Outlook or MAPI.
[3] Attachments. In all supported email formats, attachments, including nested attachments (for example, a .doc instead a ZIP attached to an email) are treated as part of the main document by default.
[4] PDF Support. Encrypted PDF files cannot be indexed, unless the PDF file can be opened without a password and the PDF file permissions allow for text extraction.

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