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I followed your steps 1 to7 without a problem, Show was highlighted. However
the problem is still the same, no slideshow. Am I missing a setting in Power Point that should be taken? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Try this: 1. Go to My Computer 2. Go to Tools Folder Options File Types 3. Locate PPS in the list and highlight it 4. Click on the Advanced button 5. In the list of Actions, do you see "Show"? Is it highlighted? 6. If it isn't highlighted, click on the button labeled "Set Default", click on OK, click on Close 7. Now locate your PPS file and double click on it Let us know what happens. If there is a problem, let us know at which step you have a problem. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... There is no message, the individual files open in Power Point, but not as a slideshow. They are saved in a folder named election.pps within my documents Thanks, Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... What happens when you go to My Computer, locate the file and double click on it? Any message? What is the full and exact message? "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I have got myself in a real mess. Having renamed the files with .PPS extension (is upper case OK) and have them in a folder within My Computer I still cant get the files to open as a sideshow. Can someone give me a step by step tutorial. When I make a slide, how should I save it and to where, and then how do I play the sideshow please. Should they be saved within Power Point? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Go to My Computer, locate the file and rename it by giving it a file extension of .PPS. -- Sonia Coleman Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Thanks Glen and Steve, The file properties show as "Microsoft Power Point Presentation" not .pps. Is there a difference? I have saved them to a folder on the desktop. What should I do to get them working as a pps presentation please. I am having a serious seniors moment lasting much longer than a moment. :-} Regards, Dave. "Glen Millar" glen @ powerpointworkbench.com wrote in message ... Dave, Should be pps, just as in 2000. Will it not run that way? -- Regards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP www.powerpointworkbench.com Australia "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Using Power point 2003. I have created a series of text slides but don't know how to save them in a way that allows them to be played as a slideshow. After "save as", and "save in", what is the correct "save as type". Or is there something else that should make this more easy? I don't remember having this problem with pps 2000. Dave Isaacs. |
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Okay. You're going to need to follow the instructions at:
Changing a File Association http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm Let us know if that does the trick. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I followed your steps 1 to7 without a problem, Show was highlighted. However the problem is still the same, no slideshow. Am I missing a setting in Power Point that should be taken? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Try this: 1. Go to My Computer 2. Go to Tools Folder Options File Types 3. Locate PPS in the list and highlight it 4. Click on the Advanced button 5. In the list of Actions, do you see "Show"? Is it highlighted? 6. If it isn't highlighted, click on the button labeled "Set Default", click on OK, click on Close 7. Now locate your PPS file and double click on it Let us know what happens. If there is a problem, let us know at which step you have a problem. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... There is no message, the individual files open in Power Point, but not as a slideshow. They are saved in a folder named election.pps within my documents Thanks, Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... What happens when you go to My Computer, locate the file and double click on it? Any message? What is the full and exact message? "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I have got myself in a real mess. Having renamed the files with .PPS extension (is upper case OK) and have them in a folder within My Computer I still cant get the files to open as a sideshow. Can someone give me a step by step tutorial. When I make a slide, how should I save it and to where, and then how do I play the sideshow please. Should they be saved within Power Point? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Go to My Computer, locate the file and rename it by giving it a file extension of .PPS. -- Sonia Coleman Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Thanks Glen and Steve, The file properties show as "Microsoft Power Point Presentation" not .pps. Is there a difference? I have saved them to a folder on the desktop. What should I do to get them working as a pps presentation please. I am having a serious seniors moment lasting much longer than a moment. :-} Regards, Dave. "Glen Millar" glen @ powerpointworkbench.com wrote in message ... Dave, Should be pps, just as in 2000. Will it not run that way? -- Regards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP www.powerpointworkbench.com Australia "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Using Power point 2003. I have created a series of text slides but don't know how to save them in a way that allows them to be played as a slideshow. After "save as", and "save in", what is the correct "save as type". Or is there something else that should make this more easy? I don't remember having this problem with pps 2000. Dave Isaacs. |
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I am unable to find the path to Power point. A search leads me to desktop
and start menu. Nothing in Program files. Can you help me here, or should I re-load Power Point. It is on a Office Professional edition 2003 CD. Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Okay. You're going to need to follow the instructions at: Changing a File Association http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm Let us know if that does the trick. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I followed your steps 1 to7 without a problem, Show was highlighted. However the problem is still the same, no slideshow. Am I missing a setting in Power Point that should be taken? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Try this: 1. Go to My Computer 2. Go to Tools Folder Options File Types 3. Locate PPS in the list and highlight it 4. Click on the Advanced button 5. In the list of Actions, do you see "Show"? Is it highlighted? 6. If it isn't highlighted, click on the button labeled "Set Default", click on OK, click on Close 7. Now locate your PPS file and double click on it Let us know what happens. If there is a problem, let us know at which step you have a problem. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... There is no message, the individual files open in Power Point, but not as a slideshow. They are saved in a folder named election.pps within my documents Thanks, Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... What happens when you go to My Computer, locate the file and double click on it? Any message? What is the full and exact message? "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I have got myself in a real mess. Having renamed the files with .PPS extension (is upper case OK) and have them in a folder within My Computer I still cant get the files to open as a sideshow. Can someone give me a step by step tutorial. When I make a slide, how should I save it and to where, and then how do I play the sideshow please. Should they be saved within Power Point? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Go to My Computer, locate the file and rename it by giving it a file extension of .PPS. -- Sonia Coleman Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Thanks Glen and Steve, The file properties show as "Microsoft Power Point Presentation" not .pps. Is there a difference? I have saved them to a folder on the desktop. What should I do to get them working as a pps presentation please. I am having a serious seniors moment lasting much longer than a moment. :-} Regards, Dave. "Glen Millar" glen @ powerpointworkbench.com wrote in message ... Dave, Should be pps, just as in 2000. Will it not run that way? -- Regards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP www.powerpointworkbench.com Australia "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Using Power point 2003. I have created a series of text slides but don't know how to save them in a way that allows them to be played as a slideshow. After "save as", and "save in", what is the correct "save as type". Or is there something else that should make this more easy? I don't remember having this problem with pps 2000. Dave Isaacs. |
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Well, PowerPoint is there because you said in previous replies that you've
opened to create a presentation. It's probably at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\POWERPNT.EXE or somewhere near there. Did you search for POWERPNT.EXE? "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I am unable to find the path to Power point. A search leads me to desktop and start menu. Nothing in Program files. Can you help me here, or should I re-load Power Point. It is on a Office Professional edition 2003 CD. Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Okay. You're going to need to follow the instructions at: Changing a File Association http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm Let us know if that does the trick. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I followed your steps 1 to7 without a problem, Show was highlighted. However the problem is still the same, no slideshow. Am I missing a setting in Power Point that should be taken? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Try this: 1. Go to My Computer 2. Go to Tools Folder Options File Types 3. Locate PPS in the list and highlight it 4. Click on the Advanced button 5. In the list of Actions, do you see "Show"? Is it highlighted? 6. If it isn't highlighted, click on the button labeled "Set Default", click on OK, click on Close 7. Now locate your PPS file and double click on it Let us know what happens. If there is a problem, let us know at which step you have a problem. "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... There is no message, the individual files open in Power Point, but not as a slideshow. They are saved in a folder named election.pps within my documents Thanks, Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... What happens when you go to My Computer, locate the file and double click on it? Any message? What is the full and exact message? "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I have got myself in a real mess. Having renamed the files with .PPS extension (is upper case OK) and have them in a folder within My Computer I still cant get the files to open as a sideshow. Can someone give me a step by step tutorial. When I make a slide, how should I save it and to where, and then how do I play the sideshow please. Should they be saved within Power Point? Dave. "Sonia" wrote in message ... Go to My Computer, locate the file and rename it by giving it a file extension of .PPS. -- Sonia Coleman Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Thanks Glen and Steve, The file properties show as "Microsoft Power Point Presentation" not .pps. Is there a difference? I have saved them to a folder on the desktop. What should I do to get them working as a pps presentation please. I am having a serious seniors moment lasting much longer than a moment. :-} Regards, Dave. "Glen Millar" glen @ powerpointworkbench.com wrote in message ... Dave, Should be pps, just as in 2000. Will it not run that way? -- Regards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP www.powerpointworkbench.com Australia "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... Using Power point 2003. I have created a series of text slides but don't know how to save them in a way that allows them to be played as a slideshow. After "save as", and "save in", what is the correct "save as type". Or is there something else that should make this more easy? I don't remember having this problem with pps 2000. Dave Isaacs. |
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Try this: Quit PowerPoint if it's running Click Start then click Run In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the box): powerpnt.exe /regserver Click OK. You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office reconfigures ...yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only individual
files open, no show. Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration. Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours. What next, Dave. "Steve Rindsberg" abuse @localhost.com wrote in message ... Try this: Quit PowerPoint if it's running Click Start then click Run In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the box): powerpnt.exe /regserver Click OK. You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office reconfigures ..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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I have a feeling that we might not be talking about the same thing here, or we
don't understand your expectation. Try right clicking on your PPS file. Do you see "Show" in the popup menu? "David Isaacs" wrote in message ... I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only individual files open, no show. Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration. Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours. What next, Dave. "Steve Rindsberg" abuse @localhost.com wrote in message ... Try this: Quit PowerPoint if it's running Click Start then click Run In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the box): powerpnt.exe /regserver Click OK. You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office reconfigures ..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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One last thing I can think of:
There's a braindead default setting in Windows that hides the file extensions from you. So we have a system that depends *utterly* on file extensions to determine what do do with all files and Bill decides to *hide* the *@#^$^ things from us. Strike one. Then many of his programs decide to "help" you because they know better. Even if you add a .PPS extension in the File, Save dialog, they're liable to tack on whatever's better for you after that. And since the real extension is hidden, you end up with a file called MyFile.PPS.PPT, but all you can see is the .PPS part at the end. Strike two. One more strike and we'll have to send Bill to The Torvalds School for the Incorrigibly Arrogant. Have a look at the Windows Setup section he Do this before using PowerPoint seriously http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm In article , David Isaacs wrote: I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only individual files open, no show. Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration. Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours. What next, Dave. "Steve Rindsberg" abuse @localhost.com wrote in message ... Try this: Quit PowerPoint if it's running Click Start then click Run In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the box): powerpnt.exe /regserver Click OK. You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office reconfigures ..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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By George, I think he's got it!! Did you just add that to
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm, or has it been there all along? "Steve Rindsberg" wrote in message ... One last thing I can think of: There's a braindead default setting in Windows that hides the file extensions from you. So we have a system that depends *utterly* on file extensions to determine what do do with all files and Bill decides to *hide* the *@#^$^ things from us. Strike one. Then many of his programs decide to "help" you because they know better. Even if you add a .PPS extension in the File, Save dialog, they're liable to tack on whatever's better for you after that. And since the real extension is hidden, you end up with a file called MyFile.PPS.PPT, but all you can see is the .PPS part at the end. Strike two. One more strike and we'll have to send Bill to The Torvalds School for the Incorrigibly Arrogant. Have a look at the Windows Setup section he Do this before using PowerPoint seriously http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm In article , David Isaacs wrote: I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only individual files open, no show. Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration. Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours. What next, Dave. "Steve Rindsberg" abuse @localhost.com wrote in message ... Try this: Quit PowerPoint if it's running Click Start then click Run In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the box): powerpnt.exe /regserver Click OK. You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office reconfigures ..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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David,
Maybe? http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm Very cordialmente Enric "David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje ... I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only individual files open, no show. Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration. Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours. What next, Dave. "Steve Rindsberg" abuse @localhost.com wrote in message ... Try this: Quit PowerPoint if it's running Click Start then click Run In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the box): powerpnt.exe /regserver Click OK. You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office reconfigures ..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so. Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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