March 2012
Beginner to intermediate
488 pages
15h 46m
English
Content preview from NOOK Tablet: The Missing Manual
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Appendix B. File Formats
THE NOOK IS MORE than just an eReader; it’s also a general-purpose tablet that can play media files, let you read Microsoft Office documents, and more. Here’s a list of the file types it can handle:
BOOK FILES AND MICROSOFT OFFICE FILES |
.epub (the main book format for the NOOK) |
Word (.doc, .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm |
Excel (.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm) |
PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .pps, .ppsx, .ppsm, .pot. potx, .potm) |
Plain text (.txt) |
HTML (.htm, .html, .xhtml) |
Comic Book Archive (.cbz) |
MUSIC FILES |
.aac |
.amr |
.mid |
.midi |
.mp3 |
.mp4a |
.ogg |
.wav |
PICTURE AND PHOTO FILES |
.jpg |
.gif |
.png |
.bmp |
VIDEO FILES (THE NOOK TABLET CAN PLAY MEDIA FILES UP TO 2 GB.) |
Adobe Flash |
.3gp |
.3g2 |
.mkv |
.mp4 |
.m4v |
Note
Here are more details about the how the NOOK handles multimedia files: It can handle MPEG-4 Simple/Advanced Profile up to 1920 × 1080 pixels, and H.263 up to 352 × 288. It can also play H.264 Baseline/Main/High Profile up to 1920 × 1080 pixels, and WEBM VP8 up to 640 × 480 pixels.
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