File Formats: Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (PPTX/PPT)

The PPTX and PPT file extensions are used for Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations, part of the Microsoft Office Suite of software.

PPTX/PPT files are used to store a collection of records and structures that specify slides, shapes, pictures, audio, video, text, and other presentation content. This content can then be delivered to an audience by means of a slide show.

PPTX is part of Microsoft Office Open XML specification (also known as OOXML or OpenXML) and was introduced with Office 2007. PPTX is a zipped, XML-based file format. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and later uses PPTX as the default file format when creating a new presentations. Support for loading and saving legacy PPT files is also included.

PPT is the default format used with Office 97-2003. PPT is a Microsoft proprietary Binary Interchange File Format. Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 uses PPT as the default file format when creating a new document. Support for loading and saving PPTX files can be added using an add-in.

Note: PPTX and PPT file formats are supported in the Document/Medical products.

/// File constants associated with this file format are:

LEADTOOLS supports all the flavors of the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation format, from Office 97 PPT up to today's PPTX.

LEADTOOLS supports loading PPTX files through the PPTX filter.

LEADTOOLS supports loading and saving (as a raster image) PPT files through the PPT filter.

Additional features supported by LEADTOOLS:

• Loading PPTX/PPT files as a raster image or SVG (Scalable vector graphics) document
• Loading files with different DPI
• Loading files with different page width and height
• Loading documents with different rasterization options
• Advanced features such transparent images, bullets, and rotated images

The default extension used by this format is: PPTX or PPT

File constants associated with this file format are:

* Multi-page files can be loaded and saved. When a multi-page file is first created, any number of pages can be saved. Once saved, however, the file cannot be edited or added to.

Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Ppx.dll or Leadtools.Codecs.Ppt.dll The PPTX file format requires .NET Framework 3.5 or later and the DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll (ver.2.*). For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4, WinRT (PPTX)