## Saving Graphical Views

You can save graphical views as BMP, JPEG, PNG, and Visio files. The first three formats are common bitmap-style graphics formats. The last format is a vector-based format.

- BMP files are uncompressed bitmaps commonly used by Microsoft Windows applications.
- JPEG files are compressed bitmaps. They can be viewed with most web browsers, document editors, and graphics programs. This format is “lossy”; some data is lost in the compression.
- PNG files store compressed bitmaps similar to GIF files. They can be viewed with most web browsers, document editors, and graphics programs. They use a non-patented compression method.
- Microsoft Visio is a vector-based graphics program used for drawing flowcharts and similar graphics. That is, it deals with shapes and objects rather than pixels.

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