How to open Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003 presentation .ppt files
Have you had trouble opening the ppt file on your computer? What are ppt files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is ppt file?
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.
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003 presentation description
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
Suggested software to open ppt file

Microsoft PowerPoint
A presentation program from the Microsoft Office suite

Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac
Mac version of popular presentation software from Microsoft
There are other PPT filename extensions with the same .ppt suffix
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