PowerPoint problem

Hi all We are having trouble opening PowerPoint email attachments (pps) on the Intel Mac. Every attempt to open the attachment results in Photoshop opening not PowerPoint. Finder's Get Info shows the file as a Photoshop file which it is not and I cannot access PowerPoint when attempting to make

Re: PowerPoint problem

click once to select the file, then get info, in the lower part you can select which app should open the file (you may click 'change all' to reduce the problem in future also does the file name ends with .pps or .ppt?? cheers James On 15/01/2009, at 12:08, John Daniels wrote: Hi all We are

Re: PowerPoint problem

Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest, PowerPoint is greyed out and cannot be selected. Also in Get Info the file is shown as a Photoshop 7 document which it is not, but extension is pps. On my table lamp Mac the same file is correctly shown as a PowerPoint file and opens normally in

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Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On 15/01/2009, at 12:51 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest, PowerPoint is greyed out and cannot be selected. Also in

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Thanks Susan, that works. Do I just change the extension in the Get Info screen? John On 15/1/09 12:53 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On

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Hi, I hadn't actually used that method before, normally just click on the name of the file and change it there. But, I just tried it in the Get Info screen, and its actually easier. cheers, Susan. Thanks Susan, that works. Do I just change the extension in the Get Info screen? John On