Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97 - 2003 Presentation files are binary files used to store presentations created using Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2003. It has the uniform type identifier 'com.microsoft.powerpoint.ppt'.[1]
The binary format specification has been available from Microsoft on request, but since February 2008 the .ppt format specification can be freely downloaded and implemented under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise patent licensing.
POT files are files that serve as templates for new presentations. If PowerPoint is installed, by default, PPS files open directly as a slide show by default, in contrast to PPT files that open as editable in PowerPoint itself. download