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44 Sharpdesk User’s Guide
Types of Images
An image is an electronic representation of a text document, a photograph, a line drawing, or other
graphical entity. You can create an image by scanning a printed page, a photograph, a drawing, by
saving a fax, or by creating an image with a drawing or graphic-design program.
After a page of text is scanned and saved, it takes on the properties of an image file, and can no
longer be opened with a word processor or text editor.
Image File Formats
Images are saved as image files, which use file name extensions such as .TIF , .BMP , .JPG , and
.AWD . The extension indicates the format used to store the image.
Some formats, such as .BMP and .JPEG, contain just one image per file.
Single Image File
Other formats, such as .TIFF and .AWD, are similar to a book. They contain one or more pages
with each page holding a single image.
Multiple Image File
Because image files are standard Windows files, you can use Windows commands to perform
operations such as:
• Organizing files into folders
• Attaching an image file to an e-mail message
• Copying, renaming, or deleting files
• Printing or faxing files
Image Documents
An image document is a collection of one or more images that are logically related. A simple
image document might be a blank form, scanned and saved in an image file format.