On 03/26/2008 10:21 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 25/03/2008, janet weale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Dear Sirs, >> I have just downloaded open office on the advice of the supplier of my >> computer, but it does not allow me to open attachments on e-mails bearing >> the name "Globalville1.pps". Have I downloaded the correct programme >> please, and is it compatible with Windows XP? Your reply or assistance would >> be much appreciated. Many thanks. Janet Weale. >> > > OpenOffice can open .pps files so I'm surprised that you are having a > problem. The only thing OpenOffice cannot do is automatically to run these > files in the same way that Powerpoint does. However, you can overcome this > by installing an "extension" to Openoffice. It's free from > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ImpressRunner > > Once you have downloaded it, run Impress (OpenOffice's presentation > component) and do Tools>Extension Manager>Add. Then browse to the extension > you just downloaded and let OpenOffice install it. > > If you still have difficulties come back here with details. If you do, > please tell us whuich version of OpenOffice you are using, which version of > Windows you are using and *exactly* what happens when you try to open a .pps > attachment, especially including the exact text of any error messages. > >
I think the problem is that she is trying to run from her email client. She'll probably need to save the pps attachment to disk first in order to run. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
