PowerPoint - Supported file formats

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File Type	Extension	Info
PowerPoint presentation	.pptx	PowerPoint 2010 or 2007 presentation - XML file (default).
PowerPoint presentation with active macro	.pptm	Presentation that contains a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code.
PowerPoint 97-2003 presentation	.ppt	Presentation that can be opened with previous version of PowerPoint (PowerPoint 97 to 2003).
Document in the PDF format	.pdf	PostScript file format by Adobe Systems, that maintains the formatting option applied to the document.
Document in the XPS format	.xps	New electronic format which allows sharing of documents in their final form.
PowerPoint Design Templates	.potx	Presentation templated for Powerpoint 2010 or 2007 that can be re-used for your future presentations.
PowerPoint Design Templates with active macro	.potm	Includes pre-approved macros that you can re-use in a presentation
PowerPoint 97-2003 Design Templates	.pot	A template that can be opened with previous version of PowerPoint (PowerPoint 97 to 2003)
Office theme	.thmx	Stylesheet that contains the definitions of a color theme.
PowerPoint 2007-2010 Slide Show	.ppsx	Slideshow with autostart options.
PowerPoint Slide Show with active macros.	.ppsm	Slide show that includes pre-approved macros.
PowerPoint 97-2003 slide show	.pps	A slideshow that can be opened with previous version of PowerPoint (PowerPoint 97 to 2003).
PPAM files	.ppam	A complement that stores custom commands, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) codes and specialized features.
PPA files	.ppa	A complement that can be opened with previous version of PowerPoint (PowerPoint 97 to 2003)
Windows Media Video	wmv	Presentation saved as a video. The WMV file format is readable by many media players.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)	.gif	Slide displayed as an animated image that can be used in Web pages. The GIF file format only supports 256 colors. It is therefore more effective for scanned images such as illustrations. It is also suitable for line drawings, pictures in black and white and the text whose size does not exceed a few pixels. The GIF format supports animated and transparent backgrounds.
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)	.jpg	Slide saved as a graphic for use in Web pages. The JPEG file format supports 16 million colors and is best suited for photographs and complex graphics.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)	.png	Slide saved as a graphic for use on Web pages. PNG was approved by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to replace the GIF format. This format does not support animations.
TIFF (Tag Image File Format)	.tif	Slide saved as a graphic for use in Web pages. The TIFF file format is the file format most appropriate for storing bitmap images on personal computers. TIFF graphics can be of any resolution and all colors.
Bitmap image	.bmp	Slide saved as an image for use in Web pages. A bitmap is a representation, consisting of rows and columns of dots, of a graphic image. The value of each dot (filled or not) is stored on one or more bits of data
Windows Metafile	.wmf	Slide saved as a 16-bit graphics
Enhanced Windows Metafile	.emf	Slide saved as a 32-bit graphics.
RTF	.rtf	A presentation plan in the form of a text document that generates a smaller file size and allows you to share files without macro with users who do not have the same version of PowerPoint or the same operating system . .
PPTX	.pptx	A presentation plan in the form of a image file.
OpenDocument presentation	.odp	OpenDocument Presentation format, used by Google Docs and OpenOffice.org Impress.

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