A .DJVU file (déjà vu file) is used for storing scanned documents. This image format was developed at AT&T labs. The open source implementation of DJVU is available under the GNU General Public License. This is a high compression format that allows for high-resolution images to be compressed and distributed over the Internet.
The DJVU format separates an image into foreground and background objects and then uses wavelet technology to compress the background while maintaining a high quality foreground. This allows for achieving a high compression up to 10 times more than the JPEG file format and up to 8 times more than the TIFF file format.
| File type | DjVu Image Format |
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While searching for an answer to the question - How to open the DJVU file? - you probably found websites, which offer software that was able to open any file extension. Do not be fooled, there is no one program that will allow you to work with any file extension, including the DJVU file. Each program contains a different type of data and you need specialized software to properly work with the DJVU file. Here is a list of programs that are designed to work with the DJVU file - remember, these applications are able to open at most a few file extensions, they are designed to work with a specific data type.
If after installing the program from a list, you still cannot open a file with the DJVU extension, the reason may be that the file is damaged. The solution may be to find a new copy of the DJVU file you want to open
In this case, the easiest way is to use the tool built into the operating system for association of the DJVU file with applications to support it. Double click on the file you cannot open - the operating system will display a list of programs that are likely to work with your DJVU file. Choose one of them, or select the location on a disk where you installed one of the applications from our list. Windows should then open the DJVU file using the program installed earlier.
Entries containing links of the DJVU file extensions with applications is located in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. If you do not know how to get to the Windows Registry, or how to make changes in it, ask a specialist for help. Lack of knowledge on the subject may cause irreversible changes on your computer.
There may be a situation when a computer virus passes itself off as the DJVU file. In this case, such a file will definitely not be opened. Download a good antivirus program and scan the DJVU file mentioned. If the antivirus application detects malicious data, it may signify that the DJVU file is infected.
