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PPT

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Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003 presentation

File type: Document file, Microsoft Office file

A ppt file extension is traditionally used for Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint presentation can contain text, pictures, audio or video data. Sometimes also called slide shows.

Found 2 different file type records with the same ppt filename suffix.

What is ppt file?

File type category:
Document file
Microsoft Office file

Date updated: June 23, 2025

The ppt file extension is associated with Microsoft PowerPoint, a worldwide most popular powerful tool you can use to create and edit dynamic and great-looking presentations. The PPT is Microsoft PowerPoint proprietary file format, it is also known as the Binary Interchange File Format (BIFF).

The ppt files are used for editable slide shows, which are very often used for presentations.

The ppt files may include formatted text, bullet points, images, movies, sound effects, or music. They are often built from one of many templates included with the Microsoft Office PowerPoint software, but may also be created from scratch.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and later saves presentations in the OpenXML format instead and is using the pptx.

MIME types:
application/mspowerpoint
application/ms-powerpoint
application/powerpoint
application/x-powerpoint
application/mspowerpnt
application/vnd-mspowerpoint
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
application/x-mspowerpoint
application/x-m

How to open ppt file?

A ppt file can be opened and edited in its default application Microsoft PowerPoint, part of Microsoft Office suite.

The *.ppt files can also be open by another applications such as OpenOffice.org, StarrOffice or Ashampoo Office.

Microsoft developed free viewer of PPT Microsoft Office PowerPoint Presentation files, that is called PowerPoint Viewer.

How to convert ppt file?

Microsoft PowerPoint can save the .ppt files to another document formats such as OpenDocument, PDF or XPS.

Other office suites, that can open the *.ppt files (OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Ashampoo Office), can usually also save them to another document format.

Suggested software to open ppt file:

Associated software actions with the ppt file

Software apps that import ppt files:

Multiplatform

Software apps that recover ppt files:

Software applications that handle other tasks involving ppt files:

Microsoft Windows

Apple macOS / Mac OS X

Multiplatform

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Sony Playstation Portable texture

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: February 19, 2019

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The ppt file extension is associated with various applications and games for Sony Playstation Portable handheld video gaming console released in 2004.

The ppt file stores texture used by video game.

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