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To save a copy of the current open document, database, image or video into a file format required by a different application. Applications may export to a variety of popular formats. The Save As command in a program gives you access to the export filters in a program. Contrast with import. See foreign format, graphics formats and Save As.

Not Always Identical
Just because an application imports and exports a file format does not mean it converts the format 100% correctly. It takes years to perfect the translations so that the copy in the new format is as identical to the original as possible. Graphics formats are the most difficult. Of the two images below, the top one is the original, and the bottom one was created using the JPEG export filter in the application. They may be similar, but are by no means identical.



Original (top) and JPEG Equivalent (bottom)
Export filters don't always work perfectly. If exact replication is required, be sure to test your application's export filters long before you are on deadline to finish the job. (Original image courtesy of Cedar Waxwing Design.)
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Likewise glorious followers, who make themselves as trumpets of the commendation of those they follow, are full of inconvenience; for they taint business through want of secrecy; and they export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
This New South Dock (it was its official name), round which my earlier professional memories are centred, belongs to the group of West India Docks, together with two smaller and much older basins called Import and Export respectively, both with the greatness of their trade departed from them already.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
A patriot in a State that does not import or export, discerns insuperable objections against the power of direct taxation.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
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