Extract text from presentation templates (PTT)
To convert PTT templates to another format, you need Sanoma Pro or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Digital Presentation & Audio Template" file type, you need software like Sanoma Pro or a similar tool.
The .ptt file extension represents a confusing collision of digital formats. Most commonly, it serves as a ZIP-based digital textbook presentation file used by the Sanoma Pro learning platform. In the creative industry, it acts as a legacy Session Template for older versions of Avid Pro Tools (versions 7 through 9). Finally, you may also encounter it as an orphaned Map Template from the discontinued Microsoft MapPoint.
Because .ptt files are heavily fragmented across these distinct ecosystems, they present severe usability challenges. Sanoma Pro files are closed containers locked to a specific educational portal. Pro Tools templates from a decade ago are notoriously stubborn, as modern versions of Pro Tools (v10+) abandoned the format in favor of PTXT. Microsoft MapPoint was retired in 2014, rendering its .ptt files practically unopenable on modern PCs without legacy software.
If you are dealing with the Sanoma format, the best workaround is to treat it as a ZIP archive; converting it to PPTX or PDF is ideal for universal viewing. For Pro Tools, you want to migrate the template to a modern PTXT or bounce stems to WAV or MP3.
This file format is difficult to convert because the data relies entirely on proprietary software reading its specific internal logic. Often, only the original application can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format (like the ZIP container in Sanoma files), viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PTT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted OPUS, PPT, PPTX, OGG, PTTUNE, WAPTT, MP3, PDF, MP4, AAC, TXT, M4A and WAV files.
If you want to convert PTT file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Sanoma Pro or similar software from the "Presentation & Audio Template" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to PTT, try Sanoma Pro or another comparable tool in the "Presentation & Audio Template" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PTT converter.