Hm. I'm glad you've found something that works for you, but I will say that
I have Office 2003 on Windows 7, and double-clicking PPT files works fine
for me.

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"Frustrated Susy" wrote in
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Upon further investigation, I've learned that Office 2003 and Windows 7
aren't the best combination. The issue of not being able to open up PP
files
saved on my Windows 7 computer can be circumvented by using the OPEN
option
from file.

"John Wilson" wrote:

You can't save as 97-2003 & 95 from 2003 SP3 or later versions and do not
need to in nearly every situation unless the recipient uses 95 which is
fairly unlikely. To save in a 97-2003 format either choose that from 2007
or
save a a PowerPoint Presentation *.ppt from 2003
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"Frustrated Susy" wrote:

I used the trial version of Office 2007 with my new computer. I wasn't
thrilled with PP when it came to macros. After the trial ended I used
Open
Office.org (didn't solve the macros issue - I have "games" for my
students to
play), but at least I could use Word and Excel type programs. I
discovered I
had one more installation of Student & teacher 2003. I installed it.
Word
and Excel run fine. PP opens fine as for a new file, but existing
files do
not open in PP. They open in openoffice.org . If I try to save the PP
as
2003 it says it's not supported and won't. Any suggestions?