On 6 April 2010 02:01, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/05/2010 05:24 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > 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 ... > > > > You can get the latest version of the viewer at < > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en > > > > or via <http://preview.tinyurl.com/3buwr5> if that* *long URL broke in > > your e-mail program.* > > * > > > > You are correct (partially)... sorry I had this installed on that Ubuntu > system: > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ImpressRunner > > > Thanks for that. Works on my OOo 3.1.1 but there's a comment that it doesn't work in 3.2
Any confirmations out there? <snip> -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
