On 01/21/2008 01:10 AM, Brian Barker 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. >
And to add to what Brian said, here is an extension that will allow you to run .pps slideshows from OOo: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ImpressRunner Note: you were cc'd on this post as you do not appear to be subscribed to the users mailing list ([email protected]). Please see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for details and information on how to subscribe so that you may see replies from other OOo users. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
