2010/1/12 M Henri Day <[email protected]> > 2010/1/12 Brian Barker <[email protected]> > > At 12:21 12/01/2010 +0200, Tamir Noname wrote: >> >>> I got this attachment and cannot open it with simpress. I get a strange >>> message as if it is password protected but it is not the case. Is there a >>> compatibility problem? >>> >> >> In fact, this document file is password protected. You will appreciate >> that, as a .pps file, this document is intended to display as a slide show >> in Microsoft Powerpoint instead of opening as if for further editing. And >> yes: if you open it in Powerpoint or in the Powerpoint Viewer then it will >> run as a slide show without any requirement to provide the password. But if >> you try to open it in Powerpoint as if for editing - perhaps by opening it >> from within Powerpoint or by renaming it as a .ppt file - then Powerpoint >> will give you the choice of providing the password, if you wish to edit the >> document, or of opening it in read-only mode. >> >> Since OpenOffice Impress does not (as far as I'm aware) provide a >> display-only mode - what Powerpoint calls a slide show - it is not >> surprising that it will not open this document file at all without the >> password. >> >> It appears that you are using Windows. If so, you could download and >> install the free Powerpoint Viewer from the Microsoft web site. This would >> open and display this file as its author intended. >> >> I trust this helps. >> >> Brian Barker >> > > Brian, would first saving the file to a folder and then opening it from > that folder, rather than attempting to run it directly on Impress from an > email attachment, allow it to run as a slideshow ? That sort of workaround > when trying to open attachments with OOo often functions for me on my Linux > box.... > > Henri >
I can respond to my own query - this procedure did not work with the OP's attachment.... Henri
