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.XPS File Extension

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File Type

XML Paper Specification File

Popularity

Common

Category

Page Layout Files

File Description

Descriptor file containing information written in the XPS page description language developed by Microsoft; formatted like an .XML file and can define the layout, appearance, and printing information for a document.

XPS was designed as a replacement for the Enhanced Metafile (.EMF) format; it is similar to a .PDF file, but is based on XML instead of the PostScript language; XPS files can be created in Windows by selecting the "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" as the printer when printing a document.

XPS files can be opened with Microsoft's XPS Viewer, which is included with Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Internet Explorer 6 or later; it is also part of the XPS Essentials Pack, which can be downloaded from Microsoft and used with Windows XP.

Program(s) that open xps files

Mac OS

Pagemark XpsViewer

Apple Safari with Pagemark XpsPlugin

Mozilla Firefox with Pagemark XpsPlugin

Windows

Microsoft XPS Viewer

Nuance PDF Converter 6

Pagemark XpsViewer

Pagemark XpsConvert

Mozilla Firefox with Pagemark XpsPlugin

Linux

Pagemark XpsViewer

Mozilla Firefox with Pagemark XpsPlugin