On 21/01/2008, Brian Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 17:44 20/01/2008 +1300, Lyell Kermeen wrote: > >Does openoffice open .PPS files? > > Yes. > > .pps document files are Powerpoint slide show files. They are > identical with normal .ppt Powerpoint document files: the only > difference is in the name. The idea is that the different extension > tells Powerpoint that the author wants this document to run directly > as a slide show rather than to open in Powerpoint as if for further > editing. Your presentation can look more professional if this is what > happens. > > When you install OpenOffice, you are given the option to allow it to > take over the association that your operating system (apparently > Windows in your case) keeps for Microsoft Office document file > types. But OpenOffice does not have the facility to run a slide show > without your opening it first in Impress and then using Slide Show to > run it. So, although the associations that can be taken over include > .ppt, they do not include .pps. > > Options: > > o Start OpenOffice and then use File | Open... (or the Open button > in the Standard toolbar) and browse to your document file. > > o Rename the file so that its extension is .ppt instead of > .pps. Then double-click the file. (This works only if you accepted > the change of associations, of course.) > > o Set up an association for .pps files to OpenOffice or > Impress. (Ask for assistance in doing this if required.) Then > double-click such files. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker
There are also *free* viewers that will "auto-run" .pps files.Details of different versions are at http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=pps+viewer Note: I believe that installing one of these will change your file associations so the the viewer will open .pps *and* .ppt files. You my want to re-set the file association for .ppt so that OpenOffice continues automatically to open them. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
