PowerPoint Presentation — Legacy Microsoft PowerPoint binary presentation format.
Quick facts
What is .ppt
A .ppt file is a PowerPoint Presentation — Legacy Microsoft PowerPoint binary presentation format.
In the mime-db registry it maps to application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, and it is marked as non-compressible. When serving .ppt over HTTP, set the Content-Type header as shown in Developer info below.
Related entities: it maps to application/vnd.ms-powerpoint — and is delivered over HTTP via the Content-Type header.
How to open .ppt files
Developer info
When served over HTTP, responses should set the following header:
Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
Common software that reads/writes .ppt:
Relation chain
Related extensions
Related MIME types
Common uses
How to edit .ppt files
How to create .ppt files
Frequently asked questions
Common options include Microsoft PowerPoint, LibreOffice. You can also open many of these files with built-in viewers or a browser.
Create a new file in any text editor or the app that owns the format and save it with the .ppt extension.
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint is the media type identifier used for .ppt files during network transfer (for example in the HTTP Content-Type header).
Sources & standards
Updated 2026-08-18
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