PPT

English

Etymology

(PowerPoint): Abbreviation of PowerPoint, originally used as its document filename extension.

Proper noun

PPT

1. PowerPoint (the slide presentation software developed by Microsoft)
   • 1997 September 30, Damian Hurley, “Has anyone played around with Clipart???”, in comp.os.ms-windows.misc‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <01bccdb6$5c5ef440$543913ac@2IT766.charnwood.gb.astra.com>:

     Does anyone know how Powerpoint deals with .PCS files?
     POPULAR.PCS contains the default clipart supplied when you install PPT I presume.

   • 2002 October 25, m montanet, “Help! Can't install PPT 2002”, in microsoft.public.powerpoint‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <2b5201c27c85$3a049a70$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10>:

     I purchased PowerPoint Version 2002 for XP separately, but can't install it. […] Can anyone provide info on: what a qualifying product is?, what the error is?, and what I need to do to install PPT?

   • 2008 April 13, Sue Morton, “Re: Vegas for PPT-like videos (was DAW and PowerPoint)”, in cakewalk.audio‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <iFlMj.5688$GE1.2672@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>:

     In my case I don't have words, just photos/graphics, and embedded short video clips, using the cheezy PPT effects :-)

2. Abbreviation of People's Party of Timor.

Noun

PPT (plural PPTs)

1. PowerPoint (a slide presentation file created and opened with PowerPoint)
   • 2000 December 12, Greg Babb, “Memory problems when pasting links to PPTs into Word”, in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement‎^[4] (Usenet), message-ID <Osz70OBZAHA.1808@tkmsftngp05>:

   • 2004 June 7, luke dorny, “Creating PDF collections from assorted large PPTs”, in adobe.acrobat.macintosh‎^[5] (Usenet), message-ID <3bb47966.-1@webx.la2eafNXanI>:

     With the advent of Acrobat Reader 6, Adobe takes into account alot^[sic] of new features that can be exported along with the PowerPoint files in the transition to PDF. […] Using Reader 6 allows the newer PPTs made by people using the latest PowerPoint software to export easily and include all the features included in said PPTs.

   • 2008 April 13, Sue Morton, “Re: Vegas for PPT-like videos (was DAW and PowerPoint)”, in cakewalk.audio‎^[6] (Usenet), message-ID <iFlMj.5688$GE1.2672@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>:

     The music for my PPT is played from an external source as well, it is not embedded in the PPT.

2. (chemistry) Abbreviation of precipitate.

Anagrams

• PTP, TPP

Chinese

Etymology

From the file extension .ppt, from English PowerPoint.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīpītī, pīpītì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄆㄧ ㄊㄧ, ㄆㄧ ㄆㄧ ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pi¹ pi¹ ti¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: PPT
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄆㄧ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pipiti
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-pʻi¹-tʻi¹
    • Yale: pī-pī-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pipiti
    • Palladius: пипити (pipiti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīpītì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄆㄧ ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pipitì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-pʻi¹-tʻi⁴
    • Yale: pī-pī-tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pipitih
    • Palladius: пипити (pipiti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵ tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pi¹ pi¹ ti¹
    • Yale: pī pī tī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pi¹ pi¹ ti¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pi¹ pi¹ ti¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiː⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ tʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

PPT

1. PowerPoint

   • 上大學後，除了英語，其他老師上課沒有不用PPT的。 [MSC, trad.]
     上大学后，除了英语，其他老师上课没有不用PPT的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2009 September 25, 过分依赖PPT 课堂教学丢灵魂, in 中国青年报 (China Youth Daily)

     Shàng dàxué hòu, chúle yīngyǔ, qítā lǎoshī shàngkè méiyǒu bùyòng PPT de. [Pinyin]

     After going to university, except for English, there isn't any other teacher who doesn't use PowerPoint in class.

   • 到底什麼樣的PPT才算是優秀的呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     到底什么样的PPT才算是优秀的呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014 November 29, 呆呆狗, PPT的9個基本技巧，你知道多少？, in 鍵盤大檸檬

     Dàodǐ shénmeyàng de PPT cái suàn shì yōuxiù de ne? [Pinyin]

     How should a PowerPoint be to be counted as something excellent?

   • 多家國內汽車媒體近日報導稱，3月15日，汽車品牌奧迪在德國大眾總部沃爾夫斯堡舉辦全球新聞年會介紹其中國業務時，PPT中所使用的中國地圖出現了嚴重的錯誤，引起輿論界的廣泛關注。 [MSC, trad.]
     多家国内汽车媒体近日报导称，3月15日，汽车品牌奥迪在德国大众总部沃尔夫斯堡举办全球新闻年会介绍其中国业务时，PPT中所使用的中国地图出现了严重的错误，引起舆论界的广泛关注。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017 March 16, 奥迪就“地图门”致歉：我们也有同样的中国心, in 观察者网 (Guancha Syndicate)

     Duō jiā guónèi qìchē méitǐ jìnrì bàodǎo chēng, 3 yuè 15 rì, qìchē pǐnpái Àodí zài Déguó Dàzhòng zǒngbù Wò'ěrfūsībǎo jǔbàn quánqiú xīnwén niánhuì jièshào qí Zhōngguó yèwù shí, PPT zhōng suǒ shǐyòng de Zhōngguó dìtú chūxiàn le yánzhòng de cuòwù, yǐnqǐ yúlùnjiè de guǎngfàn guānzhù. [Pinyin]

     Many automobile media outlets in the country have reported lately that when the automobile brand Audi presented its business in China during its annual global press conference at the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, a map of China used in the PowerPoint had a serious error, causing widespread attention from the media.

2. (in general) electronic slide presentation

Spanish

Proper noun

PPT ?

1. PPT (abbreviation of PowerPoint, the slide presentation software)
   • 2005 February 23, Jaime QX4TA, “Re: Instalar MCI codecs”, in microsoft.public.es.windowsxp‎^[7] (Usenet), message-ID <919D14CE-9E63-46F0-B885-F524A0A5804C@microsoft.com>:

     El problema es que no logro insertar un película en powerpoint 2002 ( hasta hace un par de semanas todo estaba bien), se que PPT trabaja con el media player mplay32.exe y no el windows media player (con este las peliculas se ven perfecto), […] y como al no ver la película en MPEG con mplayer32.exe tampoco me funcionará con PPT.

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   • 2005 November 16, Juan, “Como subir una archivo PPT para que lo bajen los visitantes?”, in microsoft.public.es.frontpage‎^[8] (Usenet), message-ID <4259EF6F-EDF8-4A8D-AF5F-3E43B1BCD32B@microsoft.com>:

   • 2008 August 20, Marcela, “Instalar Plantillas”, in microsoft.public.es.powerpoint‎^[9] (Usenet), message-ID <26A69313-6BDB-44EB-BEEC-9A4E554BF767@microsoft.com>:

     uso el PowerPoint 2003. Y he bajado de Office Online una plantilla, pero no se como se hace para poder usarla, ya que la plantilla se abre como una nueva presentacion PPT pero cuando voy a mi trabajo de diapositivas y quiero aplicar esa plantilla que baje la misma no me aparece...sin duda que algo me sale mal...

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   • 2012 January 30, ehuggins, “Presentación PPT del grupo 9 de Gerencia de Sistemas”, in ing.sistemasn02‎^[10] (Usenet), message-ID <AB7a9NAgbpBczHE5g-xE-4DMJO05ZamyOJc_yPkVK8hz5V=Yhw@mail.gmail.com>: