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

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