Searchable attachment types
Arctera Personal Archive lets you search message attachments to locate archived messages that contain a specific attachment or a supported attachment type.
Use Query Search to search for a specific attachment by entering its file name. Use Advanced Search to search attachment content or find messages that contain a particular attachment type. When searching by attachment type, select Has Attachment, and then specify the required type in the Attachment Type field.
Note: Password-protected and encrypted attachments are not included in searches.
The following table lists the attachment types that Arctera Unified Platform can search.
| File extension | Searchable attachment types |
|---|---|
.accdb |
Microsoft Access (text only) 1.0, 2.0, 95–2010 |
.ai |
Adobe Illustrator |
.asf |
Windows Media ASF (metadata only) |
.avi |
AVI (metadata only) |
.csv |
Microsoft Excel for Windows |
.dbf |
Dbase III, IV, V; Enable Spreadsheet |
.doc |
Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0–2013; Microsoft Word 2003 XML (text only); Microsoft Word 98 (J) |
.docm |
Microsoft WordPad |
.docx |
Microsoft Word for Windows; Microsoft WordPad |
.dwg |
AutoCAD Drawing 9.0–14.0 |
.emf |
Enhanced Metafile (EMF); Visio (Page Preview mode WMF/EMF) |
.eml |
Microsoft Outlook Express (EML) |
.htm |
HTML (CSS rendering not supported) 1.0–4.0 |
.html |
HTML (CSS rendering not supported) |
.hwp |
Hangul 97–2010 |
.ics |
vCalendar 2.1 |
.keynote |
Apple iWork Keynote (MacOS, text, and PDF preview) 9 |
.mht |
Encoded mail messages |
.mp3 |
MP3 (ID3 metadata only) |
.mp4 |
MPEG-4 (metadata only) |
.mpp |
Microsoft Project (table view only) 98–2003, 2007, 2010 |
.msg |
Microsoft Outlook (MSG) 97–2013 |
.numbers |
Apple iWork Numbers (MacOS, text, and PDF preview) 9 |
.odg |
OpenOffice Draw |
.odp |
IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations 1.x |
.ods |
Oracle Open Office Calc 3.x; StarOffice Calc |
.odt |
OpenOffice Writer 1.1–3.0; Oracle Open Office Writer 3.x; StarOffice Writer |
.oft |
Microsoft Outlook Forms Template (OFT) 97–2013 |
.one |
Microsoft OneNote (text only) 2007, 2010 |
.ots |
Oracle Open Office Calc; StarOffice Calc |
.ott |
OpenOffice Writer; Oracle Open Office Writer |
.pages |
Apple iWork Pages (MacOS, text, and PDF preview) 9 |
.pdf |
Adobe PDF 1.0–1.7 (Acrobat 1–10); Adobe PDF Package 1.7 (Acrobat 8–10); Adobe PDF Portfolio 1.7 (Acrobat 8–10); Graphic embeddings in PDF |
.pot |
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Template 2007–2013 |
.potx |
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Template |
.pps |
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows slide show 2007–2013 |
.ppsx |
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows slide show |
.ppt |
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 3.0–2013 |
.pptx |
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows |
.rtf |
IBM DCA/RFT; Microsoft WordPad; Rich Text Format (RTF) |
.stc |
Oracle Open Office Calc |
.stw |
Oracle Open Office Writer |
.swf |
Flash (text extraction only) 6.x, 7.x, Lite |
.sxw |
Oracle Open Office Writer; StarOffice Writer 5.2–9.0 |
.txt |
ANSI Text 7- and 8-bit; Unicode Text 3.0, 4.0 |
.vcf |
vCard 2.1 |
.vcs |
vCalendar |
.vsd |
Visio 5.0–2007 |
.wav |
WAV (metadata only) |
.wk1 |
Lotus 1-2-3 |
.wk3 |
Lotus 1-2-3 |
.wma |
Windows Media Audio (metadata only) |
.wmf |
Visio (Page Preview mode WMF/EMF) 4; Windows Metafile |
.wml |
Wireless Markup Language |
.wmv |
Windows Media Video WMV (metadata only) |
.xhtml |
XHTML (file ID only) |
.xls |
Microsoft Excel for Windows 3.0–2013 |
.xlsb |
Microsoft Excel for Windows 2007–2013 (Binary) |
.xlsm |
Microsoft Excel for Windows |
.xlsx |
Microsoft Excel for Windows |
.xlt |
Microsoft Excel for Windows |
.xltm |
Microsoft Excel for Windows |
.xml |
Extensible Markup Language files; Microsoft Excel for Windows 2003 XML (text only); XML (text only) |
.xmp |
Adobe Illustrator XMP CS1–6 |
.xps |
Microsoft XPS (text only) |
.zip |
Compressed file |
Searching supported attachment types helps you narrow the results to messages that contain the required attachment content or file format.