Good afternoon,
On 25Feb2010, at 5:42 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 00:51 25/02/2010 -0500, James Lockie wrote: >> Impress SaveAs has the same description for both .ppt vs.pps. Microsoft >> PowerPoint 97/2000/XP > > That's good - since they are the same! The file formats are identical, the > different extensions merely indicating what you want to happen when the file > is opened. Documents with the .ppt extension open in Powerpoint as if for > further editing; those with the .pps extension display as a "slide show", > which is neater when you are delivering the presentation. The option to save > as .pps is not present in my version 3.1.1 of OpenOffice, so I'm guessing it > must be new in version 3.2; in any case, you can simply rename these files to > change the extension as needed. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > Both formats were available for a while. I haven't used either for a while, but last time I did .pps opened normally in MSSlideShow (V2003) whereas .ppt didn't. Regards and Thanks Keith Bainbridge PO Box 324 BELMONT, Vic 3216, Australia +61(0)3 5241-1881 0408-522-706 [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
