Open POTX File

POTX files are used by Microsoft Office PowerPoint software to store Microsoft PowerPoint presentation templates. Presentation templates can include calendars, memory books, project presentations, pitch decks, posters, infographics and much more. If needed every template can be customized and saved to a different POTX file. POTX files cannot contain Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. In order to enable macros POTX files should be used.

POTX file format is supported by Microsoft PowerPoint 2019, Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, Microsoft PowerPoint 2013, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Office PowerPoint 2007.

Software to open POTX file

  • Microsoft PowerPoint - presentation editor which is part of Microsoft Office package. This is the best choice for opening POTX files because all POTX template features are be supported there.
  • Office.com - online Microsoft Office software which supports most of the file formats supported by desktop Microsoft Office software.
  • OpenOffice from Apache - free document and spreadsheet editing software from Apache. POTX spreadsheet file format is supported by OpenOffice though not 100% of features may work.
  • LibreOffice from Apache - free document and spreadsheet editing software from Document Foundation. POTX spreadsheet file format is supported by LibreOffice though not 100% of features may work.

How to open POTX files

Typical POTX application file locations:

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE "%1"
  • "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE" "%1"

Typical POTX mime types:

  • application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template

Frequently used application names to open POTX files:

Frequently associated Windows objects:

  • PowerPoint.Template.12

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