File formats that are supported in PowerPoint

PowerPoint supports several different presentation-file formats, as described below.

Use File > Save As to save your presentation as one of the file types listed below.

File type	Extension	Use to save
PowerPoint Presentation	.pptx	A presentation that you can open on a PC or a Mac. You can also open the presentation on any mobile device that has PowerPoint installed.
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation	.pptm	A presentation that contains Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code.
PDF Document Format	.pdf	A PostScript-based electronic file format developed by Adobe Systems that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing.
XPS Document Format	.xps	A new electronic paper format for exchanging documents in their final form.
PowerPoint Design Templates	.potx	A PowerPoint presentation template that you can use to format future presentations.
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Design Template	.potm	A template that includes pre-approved macros that you can add to a template to be used in a presentation.
Office Theme	.thmx	A style sheet that includes definitions of a color theme, font theme, and effect theme.
PowerPoint Show	.ppsx	A presentation that always opens in Slide Show view rather than in Normal view.
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Show	.ppsm	A slide show that includes pre-approved macros that you can run from within a slide show.
PowerPoint Add-In	.ppam	An add-in that stores custom commands, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, and specialized features such as an add-in.
PowerPoint XML Presentation	.xml	A presentation in a standard XML-enabled file format.
MPEG-4 Video	.mp4	A presentation that is saved as a video. The MP4 file format plays on many media players, such as Windows Media Player.
Windows Media Video	.wmv	A presentation that is saved as a video. The WMV file format plays on many media players.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)	.gif	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. The GIF file format is limited to supporting 256 colors. Therefore, it is more effective for scanned images such as illustrations. GIF can also be good for line drawings, black and white images, and small text that is only several pixels high. GIF also supports animation.
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) FileFormat	.jpg	A slide as a graphic for use on web pages. The JPEG file format supports 16 million colors and is best suited for photographs and complex graphics.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Format	.png	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. PNG was approved as a standard by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to replace GIF. PNG does not support animation as GIF does, and some older browsers do not support this file format. PNG supports transparent backgrounds.
TIFF (Tag Image File Format)	.tif	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. TIFF is the best file format for storing bit-mapped images on personal computers. TIFF graphics can be any resolution, and they can be black and white, gray-scaled, or color.
Device Independent Bitmap	.bmp	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. A bitmap is a representation that consists of rows and columns of dots, of a graphics image in computer memory. The value of each dot (whether it is filled in or not) is stored in one or more bits of data.
Windows Metafile	.wmf	A slide as a 16-bit graphic (for use with Microsoft Windows 3.x and later).
Enhanced Windows Metafile	.emf	A slide as a 32-bit graphic (for use with Microsoft Windows 95 and later).
Outline/RTF	.rtf	A presentation outline as a text-only document that provides smaller file sizes and the ability to share macro-free files with others who may not have the same version of PowerPoint or the operating system that you have. Any text in the notes pane is not saved with this file format.
PowerPoint Picture Presentation	.pptx	A PowerPoint presentation where each slide has been converted into a picture. Saving a file as a PowerPoint Picture presentation will reduce the file size. However, some information will be lost.
Strict Open XML Presentation	.pptx	A presentation in the ISO strict version of the PowerPoint Presentation file format.
OpenDocument Presentation	.odp	You can save PowerPoint files so they can be opened in presentation applications that use the OpenDocument Presentation format, such as Google Docs and OpenOffice.org Impress. You can also open presentations in the .odp format in PowerPoint. Some information might be lost when saving and opening .odp files.
Single File Web Page	.mht; .mhtml	A Web page as a single file with an .htm file and all supporting files, such as images, sound files, cascading style sheets, scripts, and more. Good for sending a presentation in e-mail.
Web Page	.htm; .html	A Web page as a folder with an .htm file and all supporting files, such as images, sound files, cascading style sheets, scripts, and more. Good for posting on a site or editing with Microsoft Office FrontPage or another HTML editor.

Important: PowerPoint doesn't support Pack and Go Wizard (.ppz) files.

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Use File > Save As to save your presentation as one of the file types listed below.

File type	Extension	Use to save
PowerPoint Presentation	.pptx	A presentation that you can open on a Mac or a PC. You can also open the presentation on any mobile device that has PowerPoint installed.
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation	.pptm	A presentation that contains Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code.
PDF Document Format	.pdf	A PostScript-based electronic file format developed by Adobe Systems that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing.
PowerPoint Design Templates	.potx	A PowerPoint presentation template that you can use to format future presentations.
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Design Template	.potm	A template that includes pre-approved macros that you can add to a template to be used in a presentation.
PowerPoint Show	.ppsx	A presentation that always opens in Slide Show view rather than in Normal view.
PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Show	.ppsm	A slide show that includes pre-approved macros that you can run from within a slide show.
PowerPoint Add-In	.ppam	An add-in that stores custom commands, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, and specialized features such as an add-in. This option is found at File > Export.
PowerPoint XML Presentation	.xml	A presentation in a standard XML-enabled file format.
MPEG-4 Video	.mp4	A presentation that is saved as a video. The MP4 file format plays on many media players, such as Windows Media Player. Note: This format is only available in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac. It can be found by selecting File > Export.
MOV	.mov	A presentation that is saved as a video. MOV files can be played in any application that supports QuickTime movies. Note: This format is only available in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac. It can be found by selecting File > Export.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)	.gif	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. The GIF file format is limited to supporting 256 colors. Therefore, it is more effective for scanned images such as illustrations. GIF can also be good for line drawings, black and white images, and small text that is only several pixels high. GIF supports animation and transparent backgrounds. This option is found at File > Export.
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) FileFormat	.jpg	A slide as a graphic for use on web pages. The JPEG file format supports 16 million colors and is best suited for photographs and complex graphics. This option is found at File > Export.
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Format	.png	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. PNG was approved as a standard by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to replace GIF. PNG does not support animation as GIF does, and some older browsers do not support this file format. This option is found at File > Export.
TIFF (Tag Image File Format)	.tif	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. TIFF is the best file format for storing bit-mapped images on personal computers. TIFF graphics can be any resolution, and they can be black and white, gray-scaled, or color. This option is found at File > Export.
Device Independent Bitmap	.bmp	A slide as a graphic for use on webpages. A bitmap is a representation that consists of rows and columns of dots, of a graphics image in computer memory. The value of each dot (whether it is filled in or not) is stored in one or more bits of data. This option is found at File > Export.
Rich Text Format	.rtf	A presentation outline as a text-only document that provides smaller file sizes and the ability to share macro-free files with others who may not have the same version of PowerPoint or the operating system that you have. Any text in the notes pane is not saved with this file format. This option is found at File > Export.
OpenDocument Presentation	.odp	You can save PowerPoint files so they can be opened in presentation applications that use the OpenDocument Presentation format, such as Google Docs and OpenOffice.org Impress. You can also open presentations in the .odp format in PowerPoint. Some information might be lost when saving and opening .odp files.

Save as JPEG or other image type

When you save a presentation as a JPEG or other image file type, each slide becomes a picture and is saved as a separate file in a new folder.

Click File > Export.
Choose the location where you want to save your files, and then in the File Format box, click an option: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, or BMP.
Click Save.

In PowerPoint for the web, you can open these types of files for editing:

.pptx
.ppsx
.odp

You can also open these older file types, but only to read the file, not edit it. If you want to edit a file of this type, open it and then use File > Save a Copy to save the file as a .pptx that can be edited:

.ppt
.pps

You can't open the following file formats in PowerPoint for the web, but you can open a .pptx, .ppsx, or .odp file and then use File > Download As to save a presentation in these formats:

.pdf
.jpg (When you choose this format, each slide in the presentation is saved as an individual .jpg image file.)

File formats that are supported in PowerPoint

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