On 4 April 2010 08:49, Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> wrote:

> > When you associate .ppt files with OpenOffice don't the files open in the
> > "editor"? They do on my Win XP Pro system using OOo 3.1.1 and have done
> with
> > all previous versions of OOo.
> >
>
> No, Impress goes right into slideshow mode. If I hit Esc or Exit
> Slideshow, Impress closes.
>
>
> > Which OS are you using?
> >
>
> Kubuntu 9.10, OOo 3.1. I apologize for not mentioning that!
>
>
> > Perhaps you need explicitly to associate them to "simpress.exe" (in
> whatever
> > folder that resides) rather than "soffice.exe"? Or perhaps vice versa? On
> my
> > system .ppt files open with simpress.exe but Microsoft moves in
> mysterious
> > ways ...
> >
>
> On this system .pps files are associated with "ooffice -impress %F".
>
>
> > Oh, what happens on your system to .pps files as opposed to .ppt?
> >
>
> Ack! I meant .pps, not .ppt. I have only tested with .pps, I have no .ppt
> files.
>
>
> Ahh. .pps files are *supposed* to be "auto-run" (in Powerpoint terms) so
perhaps someone at (K)ubuntu has taken a decision to make them work as per
Microsoft's spec. What happens if you install the non-Ubuntu version of OOo?


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