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What is a .ppb file?
A .ppb file is a Serif PagePlus Publication (version X3). This is a document format, so it holds text and layout meant to be read. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 8 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.
This extension has been used by more than one format
8 different formats have claimed .ppb over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X3 · fmt/1529
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X4 · fmt/1530
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X5 · fmt/1531
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X6 · fmt/1532
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X7 · fmt/1533
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X8 · fmt/1534
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion X9 · fmt/1535
- Serif PagePlus PublicationVersion SE · fmt/1536
How to open a .ppb file
- Try LibreOffice (free, Windows/Mac/Linux) — it opens an enormous range of current and historic document formats.
- Microsoft Word and Google Docs handle most mainstream document types.
- If nothing opens it, open it in a text editor: many older document formats have readable text inside.
The registry records this extension against Serif PagePlus Publication, Serif PagePlus Publication, Serif PagePlus Publication and others, so software from that family is the most likely match.
How to convert a .ppb file
- Once it opens in LibreOffice or Word, Save As .docx or .pdf to get it into a format you can use anywhere.
The technical record
For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .ppb.
| Format name | Version | MIME type | PUID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X3 | — | fmt/1529 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X4 | — | fmt/1530 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X5 | — | fmt/1531 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X6 | — | fmt/1532 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X7 | — | fmt/1533 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X8 | — | fmt/1534 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | X9 | — | fmt/1535 |
| Serif PagePlus Publication | SE | — | fmt/1536 |