| File extension | .ppt |
| Category | Document File |
| Description | Originally developed by Forethought, who Microsoft bought out, PPT is the worlds most popular presentation file format. It is a very powerful tool that you can use to create presentations that include pictures, graphs, text and many other objects. Many businesses and students that have to present something will almost always do their presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint. |
| Actions |
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| Technical Details | A large part of any presentation is how the text enters, appears and exits the screen. Entrance, emphasis, and exit of elements on a slide itself are controlled by what PowerPoint calls Custom Animations Transitions. These can be animated in a variety of ways. For example you can customise the animation to create small story boards by animating pictures to enter, exit or move. With different type of callouts, speech bubbles with edited text can be sent on and off to create speech. The overall design of a presentation can dictate how all the other slides appear and operate, this is called a master slide. Everything from design to the text on the slide can be edited using a primitive outliner. |
| Associated programs |
Apple Keynote
Microsoft PowerPoint
OpenOffice |
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| Developed by |
Microsoft |
| MIME type |
application/mspowerpoint
application/powerpoint
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
application/x-mspowerpoint |
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| Useful links |
More detail on Microsoft Powerpoint
10 Great Powerpoint Tips
Microsoft Office binary file format specifications
Convert PPT file |
