Supported File Types

All of the file types listed on this page can be uploaded to Kapost and downloaded by users. The following tables outline which uploaded file types are viewable and playable in Kapost, and which are only available for download by end users.

Viewable and playable file types

In the following table, file types shown in bold can be accessed in their original format in Kapost. All other file types in the table below are converted to PDF for viewing in Kapost. These files can be downloaded by users in their original format.

Archive zip, rar
Audio mp3, m4a
CAD dwg, dxf
Documents abw, csv, djvu, doc, docm, docx, htm, html, key, key.zip, lwp, md, numbers, numbers.zip, odp, ods, odt, pages, pages.zip, pdf, pps, ppsx, ppt, pptx, rst, rtf, sda, sdw, tex, txt, wpd, wps, xls, xlsm, xlsx, zabw
eBook azw, azw3, azw4, cbc, cbr, cbz, chm, epub, fb2, htm, htmlz, lit, lrf, mobi, pdb, pml, prc, rb, snb, tcr, txtz
Images 3fr, arw, bmp, cr2, crw, dcr, dng, erf, gif, ico, jpg, jpeg, mos, mrw, nef, odd, orf, pef, png, ppm, psd, raf, raw, tif, tiff, webp, x3f, xcf, xps
Office doc, docx, ppt, pptm, pptx, xls, xlsm, xlsx
Vector images ai, cdr, cgm, emf, eps, ps, sk, sk1, svg, svgz, vsd, wmf
Video flv, mov, mp4, m4v, webm

File types that are not viewable or playable and can only be downloaded

These files will not display previews and will instead show a link for download.

Archive 7z
Audio aiff, mid, ogg, rm, wav, wma
Images indd
Documents dotx, eml, gdoc, ics, json, keynote, log, markdown, msg, oft, ots, potx, sdc, vsd, vsdx, vst, xml
Subtitles dfxp, srt, vtt
Video aep, avi, mkv, mpg, mpeg, ogv, qt, swf, wmv

Additional Notes:

  • There is a file size limit of 5GB for individual files that are uploaded to Kapost. For best user experience, we recommend a maximum size of 2GB.
  • Only files that are less than 50MB will be indexed and searchable. All files may not be indexed depending on the file size and format.

  • The above supported file types applies to uploading files to content bodies, as attachments and for custom fields.