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# Supported file formats for manual evidence
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The following table lists and describes the types of file that you can upload as manual evidence. For each file type, the table also lists the supported file extensions.


| File type | Description | Supported file extensions | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  Compression or archive  |  GNU Zip compressed archives and ZIP compressed archives  |  `.gz`, `.zip`  | 
|  Document  |  Common document files such as PDFs and Microsoft Office files  |  `.doc`, `.docx`, `.pdf`, `.ppt`, `.pptx`, `.xls`, `.xlsx`  | 
|  Image  |  Image and graphic files  |  `.jpeg`, `.jpg`, `.png`, `.svg`  | 
|  Text  |  Other non-binary text files, such as plain-text documents and markup language files  |  `.cer`, `.csv`, `.html`, `.jmx`, `.json`, `.md`, `.out`, `.rtf`, `.txt`, `.xml`, `.yaml`, `.yml`  | 

## Additional resources
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Review the following pages to learn about the different ways that you can add your own evidence to an assessment control.
+ [Importing manual evidence files from Amazon S3](import-from-s3.md)
+ [Uploading manual evidence files from your browser](upload-from-computer.md)
+ [Entering free-form text responses as manual evidence](enter-text-response.md)