Supported Native Data Types

Native data are files generated by the originating application. For example, Microsoft Word creates .doc and .docx files.

Everlaw supports automatic native uploading and processing for the following file formats.

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Email and Chat Formats

  • EML, EMLX 
  • Google Chat (Google Vault exports of mail-formatted chats and Hangouts JSON)
  • iChat (DB)
  • Microsoft Teams (HTML)
  • Microsoft Teams (PST)
  • Slack (as it was originally exported from Slack: a .zip file that includes files "users.json", "channels.json", and "integration_logs.json", plus any message .json files)
  • Lotus Notes (NSF)
  • MBox
  • MSG 
  • OST
  • PST
  • OLM (Outlook for Mac)
  • iOS WhatsApp (SQLite)
  • Outlook Express databases
  • TNEF (transport-neutral encapsulation format)
  • Instant Bloomberg (IBXML)
    • Please package any associated attachments in the same container file as the IBXML file before upload
  • Bloomberg Messages (MSGXML)

    Note

    Please package any associated attachments in the same container file as the MSGXML file before upload.

  • RSMF v2 

Container Files

  • 7Zip (7Z)
    • We do not currently support split zips created by WinZip
  • AD1 (AccessData Images)
  • E01, Ex01 (Encase)
  • GZip, GZ
  • Bzip
  • Zlib-compressed data
  • L01, Lx01 (Encase Logical Image)
  • PST
  • OLM (Outlook for Mac)
  • RAR
  • TAR, TGZ
  • JAR
  • WAR
  • VeraCrypt/TrueCrypt
  • ZIP (including split zip files)
  • AppleSingle
  • CAB
  • DBX
  • MacBinary
  • LEF (LiveNote Evidence File)
  • Cellebrite UFDR Archive
  • ACCDB, MDB (Microsoft Access database file)

Web Formats

  • HTML (HTM, HTML, XHTML, SHTML)
  • MHTML, MHT
  • SVG

Document Formats

  • Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote (DOCX, DOC, DOCM, DOC95, RTF, PPT, PPS, PPTX, PPM, XLS, XLSX, XLT, XLS95, XLT5, XLSM, XLR, XLSB)
    • OneNote 2010 files (ONE)
  • Spreadsheets
  • Visio
  • OpenOffice document formats
  • PDF
  • iWork (Pages, Numbers, Key, limited support)
  • WPD (WordPerfect)
  • RTF (Rich text)
  • All plain text files (TXT, CSV, XML, JSON, source code, etc.)
  • QuattroPro (QPW, limited support)
  • Lotus
  • HWP
  • Google Drive files
  • XPS
  • EPUB
  • PTX
  • XFA

Image Formats

Most common image formats, i ncluding: GIF, TIF, TIFF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, HEIF, HEIC, PBM, TGA, JXR, DNG, WMF (Windows Metafile), EMF, BMP

Medical Image Formats

  • DICOM (DCM) 

CAD Formats

  • DGN (V7, V8)
  • DWG
  • DXF
  • Solidworks: .sldprtt, .slddrw, .sladasm

    Important

    For Solidworks file types, a preview image will only be extracted from files containing an embedded preview image.

Audio and Video

Most common audio and video formats, including MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG, AIFF, OGA, AMR, VOX, MPG, MPEG, AVI, WMV, FLV, OGV, MOV, QT, M4V, MP4, WEBM, MPE, ASF, OPUS

Project Management Files

  • Microsoft Project (MPP)
  • Microsoft Project Exchange (MPX)
  • Microsoft Project Data Interchange Format (MSPDI)
  • Primavera XML for P3 & P6
  • Primavera P6 (XER)
  • Primavera Self-Extracting Archive for P3 & P6 (PRX)
  • Asana exports
  • Jira exports

GIS (Geographic Information System) Files

Limited support is provided for the most common GIS file types.

  • KMZ/KML (GoogleKeyhole Markup Language)
  • SHP/SHX (Esri Shapefile)
    • Note that there may be additional files that make up a Shapefile, such as .DBF and/or .PRJ, which will not be identified as GIS files, but as Database and Text types files, respectively. In order to capture the entirety of your Shapefiles, please make sure you keep track of your GIS file collections and broaden any searches as needed.
    • GPX (GPS eXchange Format)
    • GEOJSON (Geographic JavaScript Object Notation)

Note

Unless the GIS file is a text-based file (ie. KML, GEOJSON), it will not be viewable in the review window. We recommend GIS files be opened in their intended application for proper viewing.

Other

  • PTX (electronic transcript)
  • ICS (iCalendar)
  • Apple PropertyList
  • PostScript
  • All plain text files (TXT, CSV, XML, source code, etc.)
  • SQLite databases (SQLITE, SQLITE2)
  • Disk Images (ISO, etc.)
  • Common binary file formats (EXE, DLL, MSI, PGP, etc.)
  • PCAP
  • Zendesk exports
  • DBF (database) 
  • eCTD (in zip or submitted as a folder)

Note

Unsupported files might return errors during the Examine stage of the upload process. To learn about troubleshooting errors when uploading native data, visit Identifying and Troubleshooting Native. Upload Errors

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