.PPT File

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 file extension.

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

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.

How to open:

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:

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.