More than likely your Windows File Association with PowerPoint files (ppt)
are set to open in Show mode. To verify this, open Windows Explorer, browse
to a folder that you know has a PPT file in it, double-click the PPT file.
If it opens in Show Mode you will need to change the file association. If
it opens in normal Edit mode, then who knows why this is happening (at least
I don't).
To change the file association, perform the following (slightly different
depending on which Windows version you have):
1. Open Windows Explorer, Click either "View" or "Tools" menu and select
"Folder Options".
2. Click the "File Types" TAB
3. Scroll down to find "Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation", select it, then
click "Edit" or "Advanced" button
4. If the "Show" action is bolded, click the "Open" action and click "Set
Default". If not, proceed to Step 5.
5. Click on "Open", then click the "Edit" button.
6. Click inside the "application used to perform action" box and press the
END key.
7. If you have:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\POWERPNT.EXE" /s "%1"
change it to:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\POWERPNT.EXE" "%1"
Keep in mind that depending on the version of PowerPoint you have, the
folder might be "Office" and not "Office10", but the rest should be the
same. Basically you are getting rid of the " /s", which tells it to open in
Show Mode.
Holler back if this is confusing or doesn't fix the problem.
Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
Mark B said:
Why does Powerpoint open the slide show only of a presentation and not the
file itself within the program when I click on a .ppt file in Start >
Documents.
When I close the slideshow, the whol ething closes. I have to go into
Powerpoint and open the file from there to get into my file.
