PPT files keep opening as slide shows

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Terry Duncan

For some reason, when opening a ppt file either from an
outlook attachment, or from the Documents start menu, PP
fires up the file in slide show mode. Also, it opens fine
when starting up PP and opening it from there.

View is set to normal.

Anyone have any ideas why this could be happening?

-Terry-
 
Terry,

If I understand your question ...
Does the file have the suffix .pps ? .PPS Powerpoint files are saved in
'Show' mode, so when you double click them they open directly in Show mode.
As you have noticed, if opened by PowerPoint when PowerPoint is already
running, it opens in edit mode.

Double clicking a .ppt PowerPoint file will open in the edit mode for
editing. If you change the file with the .pps suffix to .ppt (on the end of
the name), it will open in edit mode and vice versa. If I haven't answered
your question correctly, let us know and someone else will.


Hope this helps,

Raymond
 
You're describing perfectly the effects of a Ppt file that has the .pps file
extension. Change the extension to .ppt and it will act like you expect. (If
that's the problem...)

The file was probably saved as a Ppt show. Which is nothing more than
changing the extension. You can resave it as a regular presentation file or
change the extension, doesn't matter which.
 
No, it shows as a ppt file, that's the kicker. Also, the
icons for pps and ppt show up different as well. It only
happens on this one machine. If I copy that same file
over to another machine, it all works as normal.

It's almost like the registry got hosed up. I checked the
File Types extensions under the Folder Options, and it
uses the same executable for ppt and pps files, so that
wasn't the issue. I was hoping that it was an option
setting within PP, but I couldn't find anything.

-T-
 
Many thanks to B. for posting this link:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm

The association in the FOLDER OPTIONS was set for PPT
documents to open in SHOW mode instead of open. Here's a
detailed fix:

1. Open up My Computer
2. Open C: drive
3. Under the TOOLS menu, select FOLDER OPTIONS
4. Click on the FILE TYPES tab
5. Scroll down till you see the PPT file extension and
highlight it
6. Click on the ADVANCED button on the bottom
7. Click on the OPEN action and click on the SET DEFAULT
button

-Terry-
 
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