PPS file not opening as a slide show from web link

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Jen B

I am having a problem with Power Point 2007. I have added a link to a *.pps
file on my website. When I click on that link instead of opening the slide
show it opens the file in Power Point.

When I had Power Point 2003 this was not a problem. Now that I have
upgraded I cannot get the links to open in the slide show. It does not seem
to matter what versio of Power Point the file was saved it - only what
version the machine that is trying to open the file is running.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
 
See here http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00189.htm might clear up your problem.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I am having a problem with Power Point 2007. I have added a link to a
*.pps
file on my website. When I click on that link instead of opening the slide
show it opens the file in Power Point.

When I had Power Point 2003 this was not a problem. Now that I have
upgraded I cannot get the links to open in the slide show. It does not seem
to matter what versio of Power Point the file was saved it - only what
version the machine that is trying to open the file is running.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
 
If you put PPTX/PPSX files on your site, you may not get the results
you expect.


When users click on the link to the file, they may get the familiar
"Open or Save" dialog box, but ...

•If they click Save, the browser offers to save a ZIP or some other
unexpected file type
•If they click Open, they get a message about not being able to open
the file or get gibberish in their browser

In order for links to PPTX/PPSX files to work, two conditions must be
met:

•The user must have PowerPoint 2007, the 2007 Viewer or an older
version of PowerPoint with the compatibility pack installed so that
they can open PPTX/PPSX files in the first place
•The web server configuration on your site must have the correct
mediatype/MIME settings to serve PPTX/PPSX files as PowerPoint 2007
presentations.

Another way for you resolve your problem:
Just convert your powerpoint presentation to video formats, then
uploading to your web site:
http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/ppt-to-video-overview.html#149
 
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