How to Open a PPT File Without Powerpoint. Microsoft PowerPoint is on over a billion computers worldwide, according to Robert Gaskins, one of the program's developers.

Extract media files including pictures, videos, and audio from PowerPoint Presentations by just renaming the file extension.

Power Point files, be it marked as .PPT, PPTX or with any other compatible extension out there, may be created, edited and viewed using online services.

When you open a program on your computer by double-clicking its icon, you are activating that program's .exe file and, thus, launching the program. When you launch PowerPoint, for example, you're ...

Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting to choose whether to open files in the online or desktop app, giving you full control for each file.

Want to open old PowerPoint presentations in Protected View? Enable this setting in PowerPoint Options, Group Policy, and Registry.

Microsoft Word can accommodate a surprising number of file formats, and even take in Excel and PowerPoint data, though it might look funny. Here's how.