How to open Powerpoint Files

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Bela Nyitrai

How can I open E-mail attachments, which were created by
the sender, using Powerpoint program and have a file
extension: pps ?
I have Windows XP Home, Outlook Express 6.0 and Microsoft
Works 7.0
Thanks for your help
Bela
 
You need download and install the PowerPoint viewer from here
http://tinyurl.com/nmze

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How can I open E-mail attachments, which were created by
the sender, using Powerpoint program and have a file
extension: pps ?
I have Windows XP Home, Outlook Express 6.0 and Microsoft
Works 7.0
Thanks for your help
Bela
 
You know, all of these questions about PowerPoint
viewers that I see on this newsgroup make me
wonder if the PowerPoint viewer shouldn't be
bundled into the next version of Windows as an
accessory. It certainly would make life a lot easier
for people. Saves them the trouble of asking people
how to open and view the file, or of downloading
the viewer!

Opinions, anyone?

- JC
 
Eek! Are you trying to set Microsoft up for another lawsuit? Bundle? Bad
word.

On a more serious note, the PowerPoint Viewer is a very specialized
application and is used by a very small percentage of Windows users. It
would be better to ask why people who mail their presentations to others
don't consider the possibility that they won't be able to view them. When
you send an email attachment, it is good practice to explain what the
attachment is, whether it has been virus scanned, how it can be opened and
what software is required, and what the sender expects in return. I
consider this to be the sender's minimum responsibility and I, very frankly,
will not open unsolicited email attachments without this information, even
if I know the person.
 
Welp... Yes, true, but...
ZIP technology became integrated into Windows ME and XP, right?
And wasn't Acrobat Reader 5.0 bundled into Windows 2000 and ME?
So... why not at least integrate reader capabilities for the
mostly widely used Office programs into the core functionality of
Windows XP? Or do you think that would be grounds for a lawsuit???
 
There's one more interesting issue here.
That is, it seems like many people view PowerPoint
as a standard component of Windows. I have seen
SOOO MANY questions on this NG from people who
wondered why they can't just "open PowerPoint
in Windows." They seem surprised to hear that PowerPoint
is a separate application that you have to actually pay
money for, or that you need to actually download something
to see PowerPoint files in action.
I guess this goes back to the confusing of
Windows and Office problem, where novice Office and
Windows users believe that uninstalling Office is the
same as uninstalling Windows.
The application and the operating system are one and
the same to people who don't know any better.

Hence my comment, "why not build PowerPoint viewer
functionality right into Windows?"
I guess I just have a hard time understanding why it would
lead to a lawsuit for Microsoft. I mean, one can view JPEGs
and GIFs and PNGs and BMPs using applications bundled
with Windows, right? So why not PPTs?

- Jeff
 
To quote John Langhans:

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suggestions).
 
Welp... Yes, true, but...
ZIP technology became integrated into Windows ME and XP, right?
Click to expand...

XP, yes. ME, dunno. Never touch the stuff.
And wasn't Acrobat Reader 5.0 bundled into Windows 2000 and ME?
Click to expand...

Nope. Many computer OEMs include Reader, but it's not part of Windows.
So... why not at least integrate reader capabilities for the
mostly widely used Office programs into the core functionality of
Windows XP? Or do you think that would be grounds for a lawsuit???
Click to expand...

Lawyers over here, MS' deep pockets over there. Any excuse in the middle.
No problem. How many lawsuits ya want? ;-)
 
There's one more interesting issue here.
That is, it seems like many people view PowerPoint
as a standard component of Windows. I have seen
SOOO MANY questions on this NG from people who
wondered why they can't just "open PowerPoint
in Windows." They seem surprised to hear that PowerPoint
is a separate application that you have to actually pay
money for, or that you need to actually download something
to see PowerPoint files in action.
I guess this goes back to the confusing of
Windows and Office problem, where novice Office and
Windows users believe that uninstalling Office is the
same as uninstalling Windows.
The application and the operating system are one and
the same to people who don't know any better.
Click to expand...

Partly confusion over products with same-sounding names (Office XP, Windows XP)
and partly confusion because (those pesky OEMs again) lots of computer makers
bundle Office with Windows with Computer. Lots of users DO have Office, but
it's the cheapest one the OEMs can legally install and still call Office. That
often means "No PPT included in this one, pal"

OBTW, I kinda like the idea of at least the viewer included with Windows, maybe
as an installable option (and a little gadget to offer to install it the first
time you doubleclick on a PPS or PPT file, that'd be nice too)
 
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