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The Compressed Windows Metafile format is a vector file format that represents primarily Group 3 fax documents. It contains information concerning the page structure and the compressed line data of the fax document. This format was developed by Microsoft and is supported by Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Word 2000.
The default extension used by this format is: WMZ.
The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:
| Object | Load | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Arc | Supported | Supported |
| Background color and mode | Supported | Supported |
| Chord | Supported | Supported |
| Circle | Supported | Supported |
| Color | Supported | Supported |
| Ellipse | Supported | Supported |
| HPolyBezier | Supported | Supported |
| Lines | Supported | Supported |
| Pie | Supported | Supported |
| PolyBezier | Supported | Supported |
| PolyDraw | Supported | Supported |
| Polygons | Supported | Supported |
| Polyline | Supported | Supported |
| Raster | Supported | Supported |
| Rectangle | Supported | Supported |
| Round Rectangle | Restricted Support | Restricted Support |
| Spline | Supported | Supported |
| Text | Supported | Supported |
| Text(Color and Font Type) | Supported | Supported |
| Vertex | Supported | Supported |
File constants associated with this file format are:
| Constant | Read Support | Write Support | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FILE_WMZ | Yes | Yes | [307] Compressed Windows Metafile Format |
When WMZ files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.
NOTE: This format does not support LEAD's redirected IO feature.