16. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for exporting a document, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising: creating a metafile including content associated with the document, the metafile created by one of a plurality of application programs, each of the plurality of application programs being associated with an application program suite having a common code library and being configured to create the metafile in the same metafile format, wherein creating the metafile comprises injecting document structure comments into the metafile, the document structure comments comprising image comments associated with at least one figure comprising a graphical element that has a textual representation, the textual representation being an alternate text used for at least one of: reading and searching the document; parsing the metafile to create at least one call, the at least one call configured to cause an export engine to render the document; and sending the at least one call to the export engine configured to render the document in an output format associated with the export engine, wherein the export engine is selected from a plurality of export engines based upon user input indicating the output format associated with the selected export engine, the plurality of export engines each corresponding to and being functional with the plurality of application programs associated with the application program suite.
16. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for exporting a document, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising: creating a metafile including content associated with the document, the metafile created by one of a plurality of application programs, each of the plurality of application programs being associated with an application program suite having a common code library and being configured to create the metafile in the same metafile format, wherein creating the metafile comprises injecting document structure comments into the metafile, the document structure comments comprising image comments associated with at least one figure comprising a graphical element that has a textual representation, the textual representation being an alternate text used for at least one of: reading and searching the document; parsing the metafile to create at least one call, the at least one call configured to cause an export engine to render the document; and sending the at least one call to the export engine configured to render the document in an output format associated with the export engine, wherein the export engine is selected from a plurality of export engines based upon user input indicating the output format associated with the selected export engine, the plurality of export engines each corresponding to and being functional with the plurality of application programs associated with the application program suite. 18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein creating the metafile further comprises creating the metafile comprising one of the following formats: WINDOWS metafile (WMF), enhanced metafile (EMF), and enhanced metafile plus (EMF+).