LanguagePIP
Compressed bitmap picture
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with pip extension are occasionally found as compressed bitmap pictures in JPG format. Most likely just renamed by some program.
Found 2 different file type records with the same pip filename suffix.
What is pip file?
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: May 21, 2018
The pip file extension is used in some applications for compressed bitmap pictures in JPEG, JPG, JPE, JFIF, PJPEG formats.
It is probably a very rare or obsolete file format. No further information could be found.
How to open pip file?
Use compatible apps to view content of *.pip files.
How to convert pip file?
Compatible tools may be able to export *.pip files to other formats.
Microsoft Office personalized settings
File type category:
Microsoft Office file
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
File extension pip is associated with Microsoft Office.
PIP format is used for preference files used by Microsoft Office programs to store User-Personalized Menus and Toolbars settings, which are created by each Office application by evaluating what menu commands are used most. Only often used commands are then displayed in a shortened version of each menu.
These pip files are stored in:
Application Data\Microsoft\Office
They are named [program].pip; for example, Microsoft Word's menu settings file may be named Word.pip or Word11.pip.
How to open pip file?
Settings files are not generally meant to be opened directly. You change them when you change settings in the program. However it may be possible to simply view them using any text editor.
How to convert pip file?
Settings files typically cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pip file:
Associated software actions with the pip file
Software apps that create pip files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Access (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Outlook (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft Outlook for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that manage settings for pip files:
Microsoft Word (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Access (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Outlook (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Word for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft Excel for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft Outlook for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pip files:
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)