Icon Support:

Two icon file formats are supported, ICNS for the Apple's OS X operating system, and ICO for Microsoft Windows operating system.  The ICO format is used by internet browsers for "favicon" files.  If you place a favicon.ico file on your web site, internet browsers will find the file and use the images contained to show an icon next to the web address or on the Favorites menu.  If you look up at the current page in your browser you should see a little yellow pencil icon - the pencil of the EazyDraw application icon.  This pencil was drawn with EazyDraw, exported as a favicon.ico file and rendered by your browser.

Apples' ICNs file format is also supported for both import and export.  These files are useful for installing thumbnail icons on your folders, or important files.  This process is automated by EazyDraw, just check a box on the export panel and your EazyDraw graphic content will be rendered appropriately and installed as the representative icon for the chosen file or folder.

Legacy Formats:

Extensive support is provided for MacDraw, MacDrawPro, Claris Draw, and PICT files.  These older formats (which includes BMP for the DOS and Windows platforms) are still important for bringing older drawings and graphics into the modern OS X technology.  Also many applications on OS X, such as Microsoft Word, and Power Point are actually based on OS 9, or DOS technology.  These applications do not properly render PDF as a vector format.  In these cases you need to export or Copy->Paste the legacy Classic PICT format.  Classic PICT is a vector format and was good cross platform format back in the late 80's and early 90's.  There is an extensive discussion of these issues and how to export high quality graphics to MS Word and Power Point in EazyDraw's extensive Help manual.

Keynote:

Export to APXL, Apple's Keynote version 1 XML file format.  These files may then be fully integrated into a Keynote presentation, as editable vectors, fills, and text.  Keynote II can also use these files, they are automatically converted to from the Keynote I format when imported into Keynote.  Copy and paste of PDF and full resolution TIFF between Keynote and EazyDraw provides another method to integrated high quality graphics drawn in EazyDraw into Keynote's advanced presentation capabilities.

GZIP compression:

EazyDraw integrates file compression for our native formats.  Vector graphics files are inherently smaller than bitmap (or raster) graphics formats, significantly so for larger drawing areas such as a single page of content.  EazyDraw uses an XML like text based File Format which is excellent for archiving and distant future usability of EazyDraw drawings; however this style of data is verbose and will generate larger files than traditional binary file formats.  The verbose nature of this data form does compress significantly, typically 95% compressions, representing the natural compactness of vector information.  EazyDraw provides seamless integration of GZIP support for compact files for email and other distribution needs over the internet.  NOTE: it is counter intuitive but it is wise to use the Verbose native text based format for archiving, the advantages of being able to "English read" the file far out weigh the minor space savings on present day digital archiving media.

Seamless With Other Cocoa Applications:

Of course if you are exporting or copy->pasting to another newer technology Cocoa application, like Business Card Composer , Mellel, or Cheetah this process should be seamless.   EazyDraw actually presents all these formats to the Mac OS X system pasteboard.  The receiving application then may choose the format best suited for the task at hand.