Dear Constant,
If they truly are Microsoft PowerPoint files, then you can get a viewer at
the following location. It will allow you to view and print the presentation.
However, it is only for Win 9x / NT / 2000 systems.
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/Ppview97.htm
This brings up one of my pet peeves with the PC. So much of it's easy
functioning is dependant upon an easily-changable .XXX extension to
the file name. The Macintosh seems to be a little better about this, in
that each file has a type assigned in its Resource fork, where it's
difficult to change.
I think that the "next OS" should incorporate this feature, that file types
are embedded in the start of the file, as part of it's data stream. I would
certainly accept that the type could be also recorded in the directory
entries, like the Mac does into its Desktop file, for quick-and-easy
access by the OS. But it could be re-read from the file, as needed.
Anthony J. Albert
On 28 Mar 2000, at 22:04, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
> Just got two ppt files. It said somewhere that they where Powerpoint files.
> Can't discover how to read them on my Windows free computer.
> Can somebody on the list help me?
>
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