PPA

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003 add-in
File type: Microsoft Office file, Plugin, addon file, Source code and script file
A ppa file extension is related to the Microsoft PowerPoint, a tool for creating presentations and used for its add-in files.
What is ppa file?
File type category:
Microsoft Office file
Plugin, addon file
Source code and script file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
The ppa 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 ppa files are used for PowerPoint Add-ins. PowerPoint 2000/2002 support additional add-in types which have extension DLL or EXE. A special type of an add-in are the Wizard add-ins which have pwz file extension.
Structurally they are exactly identical to the ppa file except for the fact that the extensions are different.
There are two types; the standard add-in which can be compiled within PowerPoint having the extension PPA/PWZ and COM Add-ins which are supported PowerPoint 2000 onwards and require either the Microsoft Office Developer or development products from the Visual Studio Suite of applications to create them.
MIME types:
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
How to open ppa file?
Use Microsoft Visual Studio to work with *.ppa files.
Suggested software to open ppa file:
Associated software actions with the ppa file
Software applications that can open ppa files:
Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create ppa files:
Microsoft Visual Studio (Multiplatform)
Software apps that import ppa files:
Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ppa files:
Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Office for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microsoft Visual Studio (Multiplatform)