PPA files: what are they and how do I open them?
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Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003 add-in
A ppa file extension is related to the Microsoft PowerPoint, a tool for creating presentations and used for its add-in files.
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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
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