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Format

Microsoft Powerpoint for Macintosh

Summary

Name
Microsoft Powerpoint for Macintosh
Version
2
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.ms-PowerPoint
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.powerpoint.ppt
  • PUID: fmt/1866
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 2 of .ppt file format for Macintosh, released in May 1998. Versions up to version 4 of Microsoft PowerPoint 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
Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation
Supported by
Microsoft Corporation

Internal signatures

Microsoft Powerpoint for Macintosh v.2

Note
Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: ''Þí....

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
0BADDEED00000002
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V114

    Release date
    22 August 2023

    Microsoft Powerpoint for Macintosh v.2: Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.

    Microsoft Powerpoint for Macintosh v.2: Full entry added. Submitted by Brigham Young University.