Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation Show 97-2003

Writable

presentation

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 address this.

Identify it

Extensions	`.pps`
MIME types	`application/vnd.ms-powerpoint`
PRONOM	`x-fmt/87`
Wikidata	`Q51333820`

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Open it

LibreOffice ImpressOpen sourcewrites · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
LibreOfficeOpen sourcereads · MPL-2.0
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007writes
Q11266reads and writes · proprietary license
Adobe Captivatereads
Distributed Password Recoveryreads
MediaRich Serverreads
WPS Presentation 2013reads

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Microsoft Office XML formats	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pptx in.pps` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
OpenDocument Presentation file format family	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to odp in.pps` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
PDF	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.pps` Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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