4.4.2 Application and Versions

By using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 or Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 2, users can create, open, or save presentation files that conform to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF] and pursuant to the implementation notes that are cited in section 4.4.4 of this document.

By using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 and later, users can open presentation files that conform to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF] and create, open, or save presentation files that conform to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF1.2], and pursuant to the implementation notes that are cited in section 4.4.4 of this document. By using Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 or PowerPoint 2013, if a document file conforms to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF] is modified, it will be saved as the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF1.2].

By using Microsoft PowerPoint 2021 and later, users can open presentation files that conform to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF] and [ODF1.2], and create, open, or save presentation files that conform to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF1.3], and pursuant to the implementation notes that are cited in section 4.4.4 of this document. By using PowerPoint 2021 and later, if a document file conforms to the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF] and [ODF1.2] is modified, it will be saved as the OpenDocument format, as described in [ODF1.3].