Aldus Placeable Metafile

File Format
Name	Aldus Placeable Metafile
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Aldus Placeable Metafile
Extension(s)	.apm

Aldus Placeable Metafile (APM) is a container format for Windows Metafile format. It adds a header that supplies suggested placement and scaling information.

Format

APM files have a 22-byte header, followed by a standard Windows Metafile.

Identification

Files begin with a 4-byte signature: D7 CD C6 9A.

Links

• Microsoft support: Windows Metafile Functions & Aldus Placeable Metafiles
• MSDN: WmfPlaceableFileHeader structure
• http://wvware.sourceforge.net/caolan/ora-wmf.html