This document summarizes the schema mappings and properties for Microsoft PowerPoint file formats. It describes the core presentation elements like slides, masters and views. It also outlines the different property sets for structuring information, presentation-level attributes, and configurations for outputs like web publishing, printing and slide shows. Key elements and examples are provided for different aspects like slide lists, HTML properties and view settings.

1. Schema Mappings
Presentation Slide
Slide
Content
Animation
pBase pSlide pOLE pAnimation
pPresentation pComment
pPresProps
pViewProps

2. Base Utilities
pBase.xsd

3. Most Basic Utilities
• Empty Element
• Name
• Direction
• Index
• Index Range
• Version
• Slide Show ID
• Slide List Choice
• Slide Relationship
• Customer Data
• Future Extensibility

4. Slide List Choice Sample
<xsd:group name="EG_SlideListChoice">
<xsd:choice>
<xsd:element name="sldAll" type="CT_Empty" />
<xsd:element name="sldRg" type="CT_IndexRange" />
<xsd:element name="custShow" type="CT_CustomShowId" />
</xsd:choice>
</xsd:group>

5. Most Basic Utilities
• Empty Element
• Name
• Direction
• Index
• Index Range
• Version
• Slide Show ID
• Slide List Choice
• Slide Relationship
• Customer Data
• Future Extensibility

6. Presentation “Object”
pPresentation.xsd

7. The “Root” Node
• Primary start part or root node of a
presentation
• Contains structural and presentation-level
properties
Differentiation between various presentation-level
properties based on document signing/sanitization
scenarios
• Contains customer data and extensibility
capabilities, too

8. Structural Information
• Core Lists
– Slide masters
– Notes masters
– Handout masters
– Slide IDs
– Custom Shows
• Size Information
– Slides
– Notes Slides

9. Sample List: Slide Masters
<xsd:complexType name="CT_SlideMasterIdListEntry">
<xsd:attribute ref="r:id" use="required" />
</xsd:complexType>
<xsd:complexType name="CT_SlideMasterIdList">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="sldMasterId"
type="CT_SlideMasterIdListEntry" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>

10. Structural Information
• Core Lists
– Slide masters
– Notes masters
– Handout masters
– Slide IDs
– Custom Shows
• Size Information
– Slides
– Notes Slides

11. Presentation-Level Properties
• Text-Related ( 3 )
• Save-Related ( 5 )
• Editor-Related ( 4 )
• Content-Related ( 3 )

12. Text-Related Properties
• Properties
– Kinsoku
– Asian Typography Options
– Embedded Fonts
• Sample Property ( Kinsoku )
<xsd:complexType name="CT_Kinsoku">
<xsd:attribute name="lang" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
</xsd:attribute>
<xsd:attribute name="invalStChars" type="xsd:string" use="required">
</xsd:attribute>
<xsd:attribute name="invalEndChars" type="xsd:string" use="required">
</xsd:attribute>
</xsd:complexType>

13. Save-Related Properties
• Properties
– Remove Personally Identifiable Information
– Embed True Type Fonts
• Save just subset fonts
– Automatically Compress Pictures
– Modify Password

14. Editor- and Content-Related Properties
• Editor-Related Properties
– Smart Tags
– Server Zoom Scale
– Right-to-Left Mode
– Compatibility Mode
• Content-Related Properties
– First Slide Number
– Show Placeholders on Title Slides
– PhotoAlbum Properties

15. Presentation Properties
pPresProps.xsd

16. Primary Property Sets
• HTML Publish Properties
– Web Properties
• Print Properties
• Slide Show Properties
• Color MRU
• Extensibility

17. HTML Publish Properties
• Used to configure the application for saving
presentations in HTML or MHTML formats.
• Configures the following properties
– Content displayed in the browser ( e.g., speaker
notes, etc. )
– Title of the resultant M/HTML output
– Path to publish resultant M/HTML output
• Also supports macros for specifying default web
properties by targeting browser generation.

18. HTML Publish Sample
<xsd:complexType name="CT_HtmlPublishProperties">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:group ref="EG_SlideListChoice" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
</xsd:group>
</xsd:sequence>
<xsd:attribute name="showSpeakerNotes" type="xsd:boolean"
use="optional" default="true" />
<xsd:attribute name="pubBrowser"
type="ST_HtmlPublishWebBrowserSupport" use="optional"
default="v3v4" />
<xsd:attribute name="title" type="xsd:string" use="optional" default="">
</xsd:attribute>
<xsd:attribute ref="r:id" use="required">
</xsd:attribute>
</xsd:complexType>

19. Web Properties
• Used to configure the output of presentations
when saved in HTML or MHTML formats.
• Configures the following properties
– Colors used in HTML frames, backgrounds, user
interface controls, etc.
– Target screen and image sizes
– Text Encoding
– Degree of interactivity ( e.g., animations, resizing )
– On-disk storage ( e.g., image type selection, VML,
folder representation, long files, etc. )

20. Print Options Properties
• Used to configure the application for
printing presentations.
• Configures the following properties
– Printed output ( e.g., slides, handouts, notes,
outlines; inclusion of hidden slides )
– Color mode of output ( e.g., color, black and
white, pure black and white )
– Framing and scaling properties

21. Slide Show Properties
• Used to configure properties for the default
slide show
• Configures the following properties
– The type of slide show ( e.g., presenting,
browsing, kiosk )
– Set of slides to be shown
– Pen color
– Interactivity settings ( e.g., looping, narration,
animations, timings )

22. Slide Show Sample
<xsd:group name="EG_ShowType">
<xsd:choice>
<xsd:element name="present" type="CT_Empty">
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="browse" type="CT_ShowInfoBrowse">
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="kiosk" type="CT_Empty">
</xsd:element>
</xsd:choice>
</xsd:group>

23. View Properties
pViewProps.xsd

24. Views Supported
• Slide View
• Slide Master View
• Notes View
• Handout View
• Notes Master View
• Outline View
• Slide Sorter View

25. Common View Data
• Truly Common Data
– Scale, Origin, Variable Scaling, Draft Mode
• Common Data for Slide Views
– Common data plus guide lists, snap settings,
guide settings

26. Disclaimer
This presentation is for informational purposes only, and should
not be relied upon as a substitute or replacement for Microsoft
formal file format documentation, which is available at the
following website: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc313118(v=office.12).aspx. Any views or opinions
presented in this material are solely those of the author and do
not necessarily represent those of Microsoft. Microsoft
disclaims all liability for mistakes or inaccuracies in this
presentation.