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> A PowerPoint file is a ZIP package containing XML files and binary assets. > It stores all the properties you set in a PowerPoint presentation, and tries to

by aghuang 2mo ago

> A PowerPoint file is a ZIP package containing XML files and binary assets. > It stores all the properties you set in a PowerPoint presentation, and tries to organize them into separate files to avoid repetition and make things easier to locate. Very informative read overall.

danielochoa0620 2mo ago
Thanks! Glad it was useful.
bena 1mo ago
This is all MS Office file formats ending in “x”; xlsx, docx, pptx, etc
- RajT88 1mo ago
  The old ones IIRC were MCDF files which you could dig into with a tool called OpenMCDF. MCDF was also the file format *.MSI files were based on for installing packages.
  - vaylian 1mo ago
    By, "the old ones" you mean those file types without the "x"?
    - bena 1mo ago
      Yes, Office 2003 and prior used proprietary file formats
      - DANmode 1mo ago
        That were eventually reverse engineered by projects like LibreOffice.