-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- From: Robert Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue 26 Feb 2008 01:14:25 EST
| I am using a laptop (Compaq), and recently my hard drive needed to be | replaced. I had loaded "Microsoft Office" into the old hard drive, | but was told that I could use "Openoffice" to open "Power Point | Presentations". I downloaded "Openoffice"; but was not able to view | any New or stored PPS. I tried uninstalling the Openoffice, and | re-installing it; but was still not able to view PPS. | | Can you help, or do I have to purchase another Microsoft Office | disc?? | | Thank you for any assistance you can offer. OOo (OpenOffice.org) definitely can open PowerPoint presentations. I do this almost every day. How are you trying to open/view your ".pps" files"? What happens when you try to open/view your ".pps" files"? Do you see any error messages? If so, what exactly do they say? Try starting OOo Impress, then go to the "File -> Open" menu and select one of your ".pps" files. The file should then load into Impress, ready for editing/viewing. If this works and you want to open ".pps" files in Impress by opening (eg. double clicking) them externally, you need to change your Windows file associations. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 If you want your ".pps" files to auto-start as a slide show in Impress, download and install the "Auto Starter" extension from: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ImpressRunner If you cannot open these files from within Impress, please check that your files are actually in ".pps" format and not the non standard ".pptx" OOXML (Office Open Extensible Markup Language) default format used in MS Office 2007. Even earlier versions of MS Office (with compatibility add-ins) cannot open this format with 100% accuracy. OOo developers are currently working to add this to OOo's list of interchangeable formats for a future release. Hope this helps. Dave - -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHxJ8p7asJm/pW/p8RAuJ2AJ9jzhPe7O4dyJICNMqkxicubkDMDgCeN9Sa SkaYXmFvh/aPklnWn1b/8zk= =eDyK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
