MICROSOFT OFFICE POWERPOINT 97-2007 BINARY FILE FORMAT SPECIFICATION [*.ppt] Includes Binary File Format Documentation Relevant To: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 1997 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2007 Binary File Format (.ppt) Specification Page 1 of 118 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2007 Binary File Format (.ppt) Specification NOTICE This specification is provided under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise. For further details on the Microsoft Open Specification Promise, please refer to: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx. 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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2007 Binary File Format (.ppt) Specification Page 3 of 118 Contents Introduction ___________________________________________________________10 Purpose and Scope _________________________________________________________ 10 Vocabulary _______________________________________________________________ 10 Abbreviations _____________________________________________________________ 10 Additions for PowerPoint 2007 _______________________________________________ 10 File Format Overview ___________________________________________________12 Current User Stream ____________________________________________________13 UserEditAtom Structure ____________________________________________________ 13 UserEditAtom Element Descriptions __________________________________________ 13 Persistent Directory Example ________________________________________________ 14 PowerPoint Document Stream ____________________________________________16 A Slide ________________________________________________________________16 Physical File Format ____________________________________________________16 Record Descriptions _____________________________________________________17 AnimationAtom12 (11019) ___________________________________________________ 17 AnimationHashAtom12 (11021) ______________________________________________ 17 AnimationInfo (4116) _______________________________________________________ 17 AnimationInfoAtom (4081) __________________________________________________ 18 BinaryTagData (5003) ______________________________________________________ 20 BlipCollection (2040) _______________________________________________________ 20 BlipEntity (2041) ___________________________________________________________ 20 BookmarkCollection (2019) __________________________________________________ 21 BookmarkEntityAtom (4048) ________________________________________________ 21 BookmarkSeedAtom (2025) __________________________________________________ 21 BroadCastDocInfo9 (6014) ___________________________________________________ 21 BroadCastDocInfoAtom (6015) _______________________________________________ 22 BuildAtom (11011) _________________________________________________________ 22 BuildList (11010) ___________________________________________________________ 23 ChartBuild (11012) _________________________________________________________ 23 ChartBuildAtom (11013) ____________________________________________________ 23 ColorMapping (1039) _______________________________________________________ 23 ColorSchemeAtom (2032) ___________________________________________________ 23 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2007 Binary File Format (.ppt) Specification Page 4 of 118 Comment10 (12000) ________________________________________________________ 24 CommentAtom10 (12001) ___________________________________________________ 24 CommentIndex10 (12004) ___________________________________________________ 24 CommentIndexAtom10 (12005) _______________________________________________ 24 CompositeMasterId (1053) ___________________________________________________ 24 CString (4026) _____________________________________________________________ 25 CurrentUserAtom (4086) ____________________________________________________ 25 DateTimeMCAtom (4087) ___________________________________________________ 25 DefaultRulerAtom (4011) ____________________________________________________ 26 DiagramBuild (11014) ______________________________________________________ 27 DiagramBuildAtom (11015) __________________________________________________ 27 Diff10 (12013) _____________________________________________________________ 27 DiffAtom10 (12014) _________________________________________________________ 27 DiffTree10 (12012) _________________________________________________________ 28 DocFlags12 (1061) __________________________________________________________ 28 DocToolbarStatesAtom (14001) _______________________________________________ 29 Document : Powerpoint Document (1000) ______________________________________ 29 DocumentAtom (1001) ______________________________________________________ 30 EndDocument (1002) _______________________________________________________ 31 Environment (1010) ________________________________________________________ 31 ExAviMovie (4102) _________________________________________________________ 31 ExCDAudio (4110) _________________________________________________________ 31 ExCDAudioAtom (4114) ____________________________________________________ 31 ExControl (4078) ___________________________________________________________ 32 ExControlAtom (4091) ______________________________________________________ 32 ExEmbed (4044) ___________________________________________________________ 32 ExEmbedAtom (4045) ______________________________________________________ 32 ExHyperlink (4055)_________________________________________________________ 33 ExHyperlink9 (4068)________________________________________________________ 33 ExHyperlinkAtom (4051) ____________________________________________________ 33 ExHyperlinkFlags (4120) ____________________________________________________ 33 ExLink (4046) _____________________________________________________________ 33 ExLinkAtom (4049) ________________________________________________________ 33 ExMCIMovie (4103) ________________________________________________________ 34 ExMediaAtom (4100) _______________________________________________________ 34 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2007 Binary File Format (.ppt) Specification Page 5 of 118 ExMIDIAudio (4109) _______________________________________________________ 34 ExObjList (1033) ___________________________________________________________ 34 ExObjListAtom (1034) ______________________________________________________ 35 ExObjRefAtom (3009) ______________________________________________________ 35 ExOleObjAtom (4035) ______________________________________________________ 35 ExOleObjStg (4113) ________________________________________________________ 36 ExQuickTimeMovie (4074) __________________________________________________ 36 ExQuickTimeMovieData (4075) ______________________________________________ 36 ExVideo (4101) ____________________________________________________________ 36 ExWAVAudioEmbedded (4111) ______________________________________________ 36 ExWAVAudioEmbeddedAtom (4115) _________________________________________ 36 ExWAVAudioLink (4112) ___________________________________________________ 37 FilterPrivacyFlags10 (14000) _________________________________________________ 37 FontCollection (2005) _______________________________________________________ 37 FontCollection10 (2006) _____________________________________________________ 37 FontEmbedData (4024) _____________________________________________________ 37 FontEmbedFlags10 (13000) __________________________________________________ 37 FontEntityAtom (4023) ______________________________________________________ 37 FooterMCAtom (4090) ______________________________________________________