.POT File

The pot 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 pot files are used for templates, which are used when creating multiple PowerPoint presentation files (ppt) with the same formatting.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and later saves templates in the OpenXML format instead and is using the potx file extension.

MIME types:
application/mspowerpoint
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

Files with pot file extension can be found as PowerPoint templates for version 97 to 2003. Used to quickly create presentations with same layout and settings.

How to open:

The *.pot templates can be opened and used only in Microsoft PowerPoint.

How to convert:

Templates can be used to create final presentations that can be saved in various presentation formats, including PPTX, PPT or their open source variants like ODP.