I try open it with my OpenOffice over Debian GNU/Linux and I can't. It has a password.
Saluxes Sylvia 2010/1/13 Tamir <[email protected]>: > Thank you Brian. > Your explanation is spot on! > Tamir :-) > > "Brian Barker" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[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 >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4765 (20100112) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4765 (20100112) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
