MDI and Tiff Files

[Kacy]

Hi,
Can anyone shed some light on these file formats?

Because I couldnt get the MDI file to open from a URL I changed the
extension to TIF and then the url would work, open and close the file,
mark up etc no problem.

The original MDI file is about 9k but when saved as TIF it is 240k.
When I rename the MDI to TIF, open, modify and save as TIF the size is
still 11k. Any insights ?

I would like to use Microsoft Document Imaging in a small office, (all
users are on XP) as the main technology to manage documents, I like the
ability to make annotations and search docs- is this software going
places or am i safer sticking with adobe PDF?

Thanks,
Kerry

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Kerry/Kacy,

The MS Office Document Imaging (MDI) file format
is a TIFF derivative. It is only supported in
Office 2003 at present.

The information here may be helpful:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP062193601033.aspx

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Hi,
Can anyone shed some light on these file formats?

Because I couldnt get the MDI file to open from a URL I changed the
extension to TIF and then the url would work, open and close the file,
mark up etc no problem.

The original MDI file is about 9k but when saved as TIF it is 240k.
When I rename the MDI to TIF, open, modify and save as TIF the size is
still 11k. Any insights ?

I would like to use Microsoft Document Imaging in a small office, (all
users are on XP) as the main technology to manage documents, I like the
ability to make annotations and search docs- is this software going
places or am i safer sticking with adobe PDF?

Thanks,
Kerry>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Kacy]

Thanks Bob,

The users are all on Office 2003. Do you think the MDI format/philosphy
is going to last (medium term !) ?

So if I save the doc in the MDI application as TIFF most graphics
programs could open it, but if I simply rename the xxxx.mdi file to
xxxx.tif then ther could be compatibility issues ?

Kerry

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Kerry,

You never really know about graphic formats in
MS Products Photodraw's .MIX format came
and went, for example just as folks we're starting
to see what it could do.

If you're testing opening as a TIF just by renaming
the file, be sure you're doing that on a PC that has
not had any Office 2003 products on it.

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Thanks Bob,

The users are all on Office 2003. Do you think the MDI format/philosphy
is going to last (medium term !) ?

So if I save the doc in the MDI application as TIFF most graphics
programs could open it, but if I simply rename the xxxx.mdi file to
xxxx.tif then ther could be compatibility issues ?

Kerry>>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx