On 5 April 2010 17:02, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/05/2010 07:09 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> 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? > >> > > > > It does seem to be a Kubuntu issue. Thanks. > > I doubt it. .pps files in standard OOo (Win or linux) will open in > slideshow mode by default. If you want to open the .pps in Impress in > edit mode, rename the .pps to .ppt and then open. Same is true for MS > Office. > > > > Not on this OOo 3.1.1 Win XP Pro system. Both .pps and .ppt open in edit mode. If I want to auto-run .pps files I need to download the free Microsoft viewer and associate .pps to it. It's been that way for as long as I've been using OOo. Perhaps on Ubuntu ...
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