File extension: .potx

Category: Document Formats

Description:
A POTX file extension is a slideshow template file in the Open XML used with the Microsoft PowerPoint software application. POTX files are templates, and therefore contain all of the formatting necessary for a user to create a presentation by inserting the particular text, graphics, and images associated with a particular presentation. The background, formatting, layout, and style are all prepared and stored in a template file. POTX files are associated with Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010. Files of this type usually contain multiple slides, and the same template can be used to generate a multitude of PPTX files (the file extension used for a single PowerPoint file) with the same format. In the 93 to 2007 version of Microsoft Office, Powerpoint templates were saved with the file extension POT.

Technical Details:
The POTX file type is primarily associated with 'Power Point' by Microsoft Corporation.This is the new upcoming format for Microsoft Office documents.It is a combination of XML architecture and ZIP compression for size reduction.Microsoft promises the format will be open (published for anyone to use) and prior versions of Office, using components provided by Microsoft for Office 2000, XP, and 2003 will be available to perform document conversion. Remember that these are promises by Microsoft. We have yet to see the actuals. This format is not the same as the OpenDocument standard, also an XML-based standard being developed as a true open standard (see the OpenDocument Fellowship for more information).

Supported applications:
Power Point

Developed by: Microsoft Corporation

MIME type : application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template