PowerPoint uses three main file types: Presentation, Template, and Slide Show. For the
most part, you can construct and deliver simple presentations without ever having to deal
with the differences among these types of files. But before you can effectively use
PowerPoint’s advanced formatting options, you have to understand its file formats.
The Office 2003 Setup program registers a collection of PowerPoint file types. When you
view the list of registered file types in Windows Explorer, you’ll see the three major types
listed in Table 33.1 (there are also some variant HTML file types that ...
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