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Name Microsoft Powerpoint for Macintosh
Version 2
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Identifiers MIME:  application/vnd.ms-PowerPoint
Apple Uniform Type Identifier:  com.microsoft.powerpoint.ppt
PUID:  fmt/1866
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Classification Presentation
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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.
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Related file formats None.
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Developed by Microsoft Corporation
Supported by Microsoft Corporation
Source Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Source date 24 May 2023
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Last updated 24 May 2023
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