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Format

Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh

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Summary

Name
Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh
Version
4.0
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
  • PUID: fmt/179
Format type
Presentation
Description
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation is a proprietary binary file format developed by Microsoft Corporation used to store presentation files created in the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation system. This record describes version 4 of .ppt file format for Macintosh, released in October 1994. Versions prior to version 4 of Microsoft PowerPoint also use .ppt as extension, however they are not compatible with each other. Microsoft made backwards compatibility an optional add-on after Office 2003 and appears to have removed it altogether in Office 2010.
File extensions
ppt
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation

Changelog

  • Updated in V114

    Release date
    22 August 2023

    Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh v.4.0: Added description and MIME type. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).