File formats supported in PowerPoint. How to open a .PPT file? What file type is a powerpoint presentation?

Now we will discuss the question of what the PPT format is. This extension is found quite often, and there are many programs that allow you to work with it. Let's talk about them.

Definition

Before understanding the question of what the PPT format opens, it is necessary to define it. This is a file format that contains presentations created in the office program PowerPoint.

Actually "The Office"

Let's start with the "author". Of course, the Microsoft Office package supports the PPT format. We are talking about one of the most successful products of the famous corporation, which is now in many cases the standard for working with various office documents. At the same time, the developers are continuously improving the office suite. Now it has an attractive interface that displays all the functions in the most organized way.

Each of the programs in the package can be deployed separately, but you can install all components at once if necessary. The PowerPoint component we're interested in is capable of generating high-quality presentations. Interestingly, you can edit photos directly from the specified application.

Using a set of special tools, you can crop images, add visual design effects, change contrast and brightness. After the presentation has been created, you can immediately set up an Internet display of the resulting material for your remote audience. From one to one hundred people can enjoy such viewing.

Free alternative

OpenOffice can also open PPT format. This development is a fully functional package office applications, which include multi-language support and run on major and common operating systems. The interface is easy to use and learn, especially for users of the already mentioned Microsoft Office.

The program is absolutely free and anyone can use it. Since we are interested in the PPT format, special attention should be paid to a component called OpenOffice.org Impress, since it is this that allows you to create and work with presentations. Thanks to the wizard kit, you can quickly prepare a good presentation from the materials you have collected.

A feature has been implemented that allows you to view the presentation in multiple modes. In order to work with graphics, the developers have provided convenient Effects and slide animation will add color to the created presentation. Font effects allow you to create 3D and 2D lettering. MS Powerpoint and OpenDocument are compatible formats.

Other programs

There are other programs that support the PPT format we are interested in. The story about them should start with Kingsoft Presentation. This application is free and allows you to create presentations. When developing a document, the user can use diagrams, flowcharts, long text and images.

The program provides six of them, which can be easily inserted and then edited. At the same time, you can insert music and videos into each of the presentation slides. The following objects are available: volumetric figures, flash animations, tables and graphs. You can also use several options for transitions between individual presentation slides.

You can work with the format we are interested in using other programs, including: OxygenOffice, Home Office, SmartDraw, Ashampoo Office, Corel WordPerfect. Now you know what the PPT format opens, we hope our tips helped you. And you can easily create a presentation.

Announcement

PPT Presentation File Format

PPT format - binary format of Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2007. The presentations of this program can contain images, text, audio, video, charts, graphs, hyperlinks and animations used to create a complete document for students and business people. Most users know how to create PPT presentations, save, send and open them. Microsoft included PowerPoint in the Microsoft Office Suite in 1990, even though it was originally part of the Mac OS. There are some doubts about how cheap and effective this program is, but most problems are the fault of the users, not the program. Many users do not know how to properly use the program and PPT files to get maximum results, and that is why presentations look gray and boring.

Technical information about PPT files

PPT files contain a large number of slides or pages containing Various types information. In general, presentation is similar to the process of presenting information using a projector. Elements on each slide can be edited and moved freely. With PowerPoint, PPT documents can be printed, displayed and viewed on a computer or projector connected to a computer, or downloaded online. During creation of Microsoft In Office 2007, the PPT format was replaced by the PPTX format, which is no longer binary. The new format was based on the XML Office Open XML format, i.e. open source format.

More information about PPT format

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 with ScreenCam plug-in

ScreenCam, formerly Lotus/IBM ScreenCam, is a Screen cast tool for Microsoft Windows that is used to create software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and tutorials in .swf - also known as Adobe Flash format. IBM Lotus was primarily the developer of the ScreenCam application, but now, the program is owned by SmartGuyz. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 can be utilized to open or view the video content saved in an SCM file, though the ScreenCam plug-in needs to be installed. ScreenCam was mainly intended for users who need to create video-oriented instructional materials. The ScreenCam plug-in was developed by SmartGuyz for users of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 to incorporate SCM files into their MS PowerPoint presentations. Files with .scm extension are ScreenCam screen recording files having video content created from screen capture sequences. These screen capture videos can be generated with the use of the ScreenCam screen capture application. This program is capable of making documentation on the PC screen and adapt the recorded video content into viewable video files stored in the SCM format. The Stream Cam application can be used to stream the video content of files with the .scm extension.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is the name of an owned software presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is used to create slideshows, on-screen projections, for printing or Web based displays. It was officially released on May 22, 1990 as a part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The present versions are Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 for Windows and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2011 for Mac . Files with the PPTM format are used to indicate macro-enabled presentation files made by Microsoft PowerPoint, popular software used to make presentations with the use of slide shows. Microsoft PowerPoint also supports the use of other media objects such as audio and video files. images, hyperlinks and other multimedia objects that can be freely arranged. It may also be shown live on a computer, and navigated through at the command of the presenter Files with the .PPTM extension are saved as presentations and not as slide shows alone, it may be viewed and edited thru its authoring software called PowerPoint. The said files also enable macro features like marketing, business, and academic presentation materials. Other Presentation software may also be used to view and manage PPT files like Kingsoft Presentation and Open Office. It may require the user to convert the PPT file to another format to view through other programs.

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer is a program used to work on presentations for computers that do not have PowerPoint installed. Office PowerPoint Viewer is an added by default application to the same disk or network location that contains one or more presentations packaged by using the Package for CD feature. PowerPoint Viewer is installed by default with a Microsoft Office 2003 installation for use with the Package for CD feature. The PowerPoint Viewer file is also available for download from the Microsoft Office Online Web site. Presentations are protected with password for opening or modifying; it can be opened by PowerPoint Viewer. The Package for CD feature permits packaging any password-protected file or location a new password for all packaged presentations. PowerPoint Viewer prompts for a password if the file is open password-protected. PowerPoint Viewer supports opening presentations made using PowerPoint 97 and later versions. In addition, it supports all file content except OLE objects and scripting. PowerPoint Viewer is currently only available for computers running on Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop applications, servers and services, released by Microsoft on August 1, 1989 for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Originally, the first version of Microsoft Office contained Microsoft Word, a word processor and was previously considered the main program in Office; Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet program that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3; and Microsoft PowerPoint, a popular presentation program for Windows and Mac.; a marketing term for a bundled set of applications. As years passed by, Office applications have grown significantly closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) data integration and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft also positions Office as a development platform for line-of-business software under the Office Business Applications brand. The current versions are Office 2010 for Windows, released on June 15, 2010; and Office 2011 for Mac OS X, released October 26, 2010.The new Office 2013 (version 15 of the Office suite) is reported to be released around December 2012.

Ability Office

The Ability Office contains 3 core applications, a Word Processor, Spreadsheet and Presentation. Users can work from home, which allows files to be edited and exchanged with users in the office. It is compatible with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010. With similar interface, users can also load, save and edit in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. As a Word processor, it has grammar checking, autospelling and autocorrect, with indexing, TOC, task panes, sections and WriteFX effects. It also has vector drawing layer, autoshapes, linked frames and tables. As a spreadsheet, it ha pivot table wizard, vector drawing later and autoshapes, It can set print area, preview page breaks, and a cell property pane, as well as more than 250 built-in functions and 25 different chart types. As a presentation, it can export PDF, XPS, HTML Web album and image used in slides, has a thumb outliner, slide sorter, and master slide view, autoshapes, pictures, charts and WriteFX effects, The software also has Photopaint which is used in photo and image editing. As a major feature, it accepts Adobe PDF files within any application which allows security in original documents for quick online publishing.

PowerPoint supports a variety of presentation file formats, as described below.

The default file format in PowerPoint 2007 or later. PPTX.

File extension	.ppt
File category
Example file	(410.50 KiB)
Related programs	Apple Keynote LibreOffice Microsoft PowerPoint OpenOffice

File type	Extension	Use for saving
PowerPoint presentation		A presentation that you can open on your computer in PowerPoint 2007 and later, or you can open it on Mac computer in PowerPoint 2008 and later.


PDF document format
XPS Document Format		New electronic paper format for exchanging documents in final form.
PowerPoint Design Templates


		A style sheet containing definitions for the color theme, font theme, and effects theme.
PowerPoint demo

PowerPoint Presentation 97-2003
PowerPoint add-in
PowerPoint 97-2003 Add-in

MPEG-4 video
Windows Media Video File		Presentation saved as video. The WMV file format is playable on many media players. Note: This format is only available in PowerPoint 2010 and later.
		GIF format-file is limited to supporting 256 colors. Therefore, it is more effective for scanned images, such as illustrations. The GIF format is also well suited for graphics, black-and-white images, and small pieces of text that are only a few pixels high. GIF also supports animation.
		Slide as a picture for use on web pages.
		Slide as a picture for use on web pages. The PNG standard has been approved by the W3C to replace the GIF file. The PNG application does not support GIF animations, and some older browsers do not support this file format. PNG format Supports transparent background images.
		Slide as a picture for use on web pages.
Drawing (DIB)		Slide as a picture for use on web pages.
Windows metafile		Slide as a 16-bit graphic object (for use on Microsoft Windows 3.x and later).
Windows Enhanced Metafile		Slide in 32-bit format (for use with Microsoft Windows 95 and later).
Structure and RTF		Structure your presentation as a text document with a smaller file size and the ability to share macro-free files with other users who may not have the same version of PowerPoint or operating system. Text in the notes pane is not saved in this file format.
PowerPoint Presentation for Images		A PowerPoint presentation in which each slide is converted into an image. Saving the file as a PowerPoint presentation will reduce the file size. However, some data will be lost.
Strict Open XML presentation		A presentation in which the PowerPoint Strict presentation file format is an ISO standard version.
OpenDocument presentation
Web page in one file		Web page in one file with htm extension and all supporting files such as images, audio files, cascading style sheets, scripts, etc. High-quality Presentation submission via e-mail Note:
Webpage		A web page in the form of a folder with an extension. htm and all supporting files such as images, audio files, cascading style sheets, scripts, etc. Suitable for publishing on a website or when editing using Microsoft Office FrontPage or another HTML editor. Note: This format is only available in PowerPoint 2007.

Important: PowerPoint does not support the following features:

Save in PowerPoint 95 (or earlier) file formats.

Packaging wizard files (PPZ extension).

The default file format in PowerPoint for macOS 2008 or later. PPTX.

File type	Extension	Use for saving
PowerPoint presentation		A presentation that you can open on your Mac in PowerPoint 2008 and later, or you can open it in PowerPoint 2007 and later. The presentation can also be opened on any mobile device with PowerPoint installed.
Macro-enabled PowerPoint presentation		A presentation that contains Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code.
PowerPoint Presentation 97-2003		A presentation that can be opened in PowerPoint 97 for Office PowerPoint 2003.
PDF document format		A PostScript-based electronic file format developed by Adobe Systems to save on document formatting and enable common file sharing.
PowerPoint Design Templates		A PowerPoint presentation template that you can use to format future presentations.
Macro-enabled PowerPoint design template		A template that includes pre-approved macros that you can add to the template for use in your presentation.
PowerPoint Design Template 97-2003		A template that can be opened in PowerPoint 97 in Office PowerPoint 2003.
PowerPoint demo		A presentation that always opens in slideshow view rather than in normal view.
Macro-enabled PowerPoint demo		A slideshow that includes pre-approved macros that you can run from within the slideshow.
PowerPoint Presentation 97-2003		A slide show that can be opened in PowerPoint 97 for Office PowerPoint 2003.
PowerPoint add-in		An add-in that stores custom commands, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, and specialized functions such as an add-in. This parameter was found in file > export.
PowerPoint 97-2003 Add-in		An add-in that can be opened in PowerPoint 97 for Office PowerPoint 2003. This parameter was found in file > export.
PowerPoint presentation in XML format		Presentation in standard XML format with file support.
MPEG-4 video		Presentation saved as video. The MP4 file format is playable on many media players such as Windows Media Player. Note: file > Export.
		Presentation saved as video. MOV files can be played in any application that supports QuickTime movies. Note: This format is only available in PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac. It can be found by selecting file > Export.
		Slide as a picture for use on web pages. The GIF file format is limited to supporting 256 colors, making it more efficient for scanned images such as illustrations. The GIF format is also well suited for graphics, black-and-white images, and small pieces of text that are only a few pixels high. GIF supports animation and transparent background. This parameter was found in file > export.
JPEG (File Format Experts Group)		Slide as a picture for use on web pages. The JPEG file format supports 16 million colors and is best suited for photographs and complex graphics This parameter was found in file > export.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format		Slide as a picture for use on web pages. The PNG standard has been approved by the W3C to replace the GIF file. The PNG application does not support GIF animations, and some older browsers do not support this file format. This parameter was found in file > export.
TIFF (Tag Image File Format)		Slide as a picture for use on web pages. TIFF is best format files for storing images matched using personal computers. TIFF drawings can be of any resolution, and they can be black and white, grayscale, or color. This parameter was found in file > export.
Drawing (DIB)		Slide as a picture for use on web pages. A bitmap is a representation that consists of rows and columns of bitmaps in computer memory. The value of each point (whether it is filled in or not) is stored in one or more data bits. This parameter was found in file > export.
		Structure your presentation as a text document with a smaller file size and the ability to share files without macro support with other users who may not have the same version of PowerPoint or operating system. Text in the notes pane is not saved in this file format. This parameter was found in file > export.
OpenDocument presentation		You can save PowerPoint files so they can be opened in presentation applications that use the OpenDocument presentation format, such as Google Docs and OpenOffice.org Impression. You can also open presentations in ODP format in PowerPoint. Some data may be lost when saving and opening files. ODP.

Save as JPEG or other image type

When you save a presentation as a JPEG or other graphic format, each slide becomes an image and is saved as separate file in a new folder.

Select File > Export.

Specify a location to save the files, and then in the window File format select the desired option: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF or BMP.

In PowerPoint for the web, you can open the following types of files for editing:

You can also open older file types, but only for reading and not editing them. If you want to change a file of this type, open it and use file > save a copy to save the file in PPTX format, which can be modified.

You can't open the following file formats in PowerPoint for the web, but you can open a file with the extension . pptx,. ppsx or. ODP and then using file PowerPoint for the web download how Save the presentation in the following formats:

Jpg (When you select this format, each slide in your presentation is saved as a separate JPG image file.)

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Probably everyone has heard about presentations, many have done them to accompany presentations at the defense of a term paper, during the presentation of an essay or a new idea, but most users do not know what documents in the *.ppt format are. And when faced with a file of this type, they only guess how to open it. We described in detail how to find out what extension a file has in one of our articles. Today we will tell you in detail about the ppt format.

The ppt extension is used for presentations designed in the form of a sequence of slides, created in the office program PowerPoint or a similar one from free office packages. Ppt is an abbreviation for Power Point Presentation. A presentation, for those who don’t know, is a visualized, structured method of presenting information with pictures, tables, diagrams and text support.

How to open a ppt file?

Power Point is the most popular application for creating presentations and showing presentation videos. It has the widest range of functions and capabilities among analogues.

If for some reason ppt format files are not associated in the settings of your operating system, but PowerPoint is installed, you will have to perform the following steps.

PowerPoint Installation Instructions

We call the properties dialog of our ppt file by right-clicking on it.

In the properties window, find the “Application” line and click the “Change” button next to it to specify the program that will open files of this type by default.
Find PowerPoint in the list of programs or indicate the path to it. Typically, this is the “ProgramFiles\Office” directory on the system drive.

Click “Open”. After closing the application selection window, click “OK”.

From now on, ppt documents are indicated by the PowerPoint icon and are opened in it by default.

It also happens that Windows, for some reason, does not allow you to select an application to open a certain type of file. In this case, you will have to launch a presentation program and open the ppt document in it. This is done very simply.

How to launch a program to open presentations?

Launch PowerPoint.
Click on the office icon located in the upper left part of the window. In the pop-up dialog, click on “Open”.

In Office versions 2003 and earlier, this action is performed by calling the "File" item on the main menu. Then select “Open”.

Universal for any edition of Office will be pressing the key combination “Ctrl + O”

We indicate the path to the ppt file that we are trying to open and click “OK”.

Our presentation will open in a matter of moments, after which you can view the slides, delete them, and edit them.

Presentation software PowerPoint Viewer

Microsoft has released a small utility specifically for demonstrating presentations saved not only in a ppt document, but also in many other formats. Working with the utility is easy and convenient, but its main drawback is the inability to make at least some adjustments to the finished slide show.

If you frequently demonstrate presentations, for example, in computer classes, meeting rooms or assembly halls, it is advisable to associate the utility with ppt files. All actions will be the same as when assigning PowewrPoint as an application for opening presentations, only you must select PowerPoint Viewer from the list as the application or specify the path to it.

When several applications for working with presentations are installed on your computer and PowerPoint Viewer is not the main one, and you need to use it for a single case of viewing a slide show, you will have to open the presentation using it.

How to open a file using PowerPoint Viewer?

Launch PowerPoint Viewer.

The utility will not overload the user with a huge number of graphic elements and menus, but will immediately call up a file opening dialog.

Specify the location of the ppt document and press “Enter” to open it.

PPT Reader

Free product from FoxPDF Viewer. The utility is the closest opponent of a similar product from Microsoft. It is inferior to the latter in popularity, but has a wider range of slide display modes.

How to open a presentation in PPT Reader?

We launch the utility and press the familiar key combination “Ctrl + O” or the opening folder button located first in the toolbar.

Specify the location of the presentation file and click “OK”.

Opening presentations using online services

For a single case of opening a presentation video in ppt format, you can use online services designed to solve this problem in order to save yourself from downloading and installing software designed for this.
One of the most used sites for viewing presentations online is ppt-online.org. Any beginner can master working with the service.

Presentation opening service

We go to the site.
Click the “Select file” button located next to the form with the address bar.

Select the presentation file and click “Ok”.
Click the “Upload” button with your cursor and wait for the presentation to be uploaded to the server.

Depending on the file size and the width of the outgoing channel, the process may take from a few seconds to a couple of minutes.

We wait a little while the document is converted and the contents of the first slide are displayed.

The article presents the main methods for opening ppt files. Presentations can also be viewed and edited using other applications included in free office suites. All actions will be the same, except for a slight difference in the dialog interface.

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