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 "name": "Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation",
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  ],
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  ],
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    "name": "Powerpoint 97-2003",
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 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "Powerpoint format is a presentation format developed by Microsoft. Powerpoint 97-2002 format is the native format of Powerpoint 97 onwards. The format is proprietary and Microsoft does not make details of its structure public. Currently PRONOM cannot differentiate Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation 97-2003 and Microsoft Powerpoint Show by signatures. This means Microsoft Powerpoint Show files with extensions of pps will likely identify as the Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation 97-2003 PUID. Further research may be able to address this.",
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   "writes": false,
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   "writes": false
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   "reads": true,
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
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  },
  {
   "name": "IBM Lotus Sametime",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "LibreOffice",
   "url": "https://libreoffice.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
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   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "LibreOffice Impress",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
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   "reads": true,
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  {
   "name": "Microsoft PowerPoint 2000",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115117127",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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   "name": "Photorecovery",
   "url": "https://lc-tech.com/help/PhotoRecovery/English/index.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
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 "projects": [
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   "name": "PRONOM fmt/126",
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   "kind": "format-doc"
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  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q3400889",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3400889",
   "kind": "wiki"
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  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
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   "kind": "wiki"
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 "provenance": {
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   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "97-2003",
 "aliases": [
  "Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation (97-XP)"
 ],
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   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.",
   "url": "https://www.libreoffice.org"
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  {
   "to": "microsoft-office-xml-formats",
   "tool": "LibreOffice",
   "command": "soffice --headless --convert-to pptx in.ppt",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.",
   "url": "https://www.libreoffice.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "pdf",
   "tool": "LibreOffice",
   "command": "soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.ppt",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.",
   "url": "https://www.libreoffice.org"
  }
 ],
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 "parsers": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": [],
 "family": "ppt"
}