Query about powerpoint .ppx program

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Hi I wonder if anybody can help me with this problem, my friend sent me a
PowerPoint .ppx file and my Office XP Pro Powerpoint program can't read it,
even though I have the full Office program installed, so my question is why
can't it read it or is this file a new one in Office 2007 and mine doesn't
contain this program?
 
Also can anybody give me advise on whether I can use Office 2007 student
version on my laptop as it only has 512MB RAM, a 60GB harddrive with 47.3GB
free space, XP Home(service pack 2) and has a starter packer broadband
connection, which currently is giving me a 576kbps connection, but I'd also
like to use this on my much more powerful desktop but that has no internet
connection as I use it as a games/word/powerpoint kind of PC and keep laptop
for Internet. Thanks in advance to anybody who has some advice for me.
 
Hi Ute Simon,

Thank you so much for the fast reply and I'll go and download that program
as think the whole program maybe a bit much for my laptop. If could give you
gratitude proints would heap a bundle on your right now as my friend is doing
a computer course and she wants my opinion on this presentation and my
program won't even recognise it as a PowerPoint program.

Thanks again Chocreaper
 
You might also want to ask your friend to save a ppt file which he/she can
easily do with 2007. You will then be able to open it without the compat pack
 
Chocreaper said:
Also can anybody give me advise on whether I can use Office 2007 student
version on my laptop as it only has 512MB RAM, a 60GB harddrive with 47.3GB
free space, XP Home(service pack 2) and has a starter packer broadband
connection, which currently is giving me a 576kbps connection, but I'd also
like to use this on my much more powerful desktop but that has no internet
connection as I use it as a games/word/powerpoint kind of PC and keep laptop
for Internet. Thanks in advance to anybody who has some advice for me.
Click to expand...

It should be fine ... it won't set any speed records, as I'm sure you know, but
it'll run, unless there are problems with the graphics card.
 
Hi Steve,

Thanks for your reply and I thought maybe it would be OK on here but as it's
only got 512MB RAM I was bit concerned that the Office program would start
off the Low on virtual memory if I was on the internet as well, the graphic
card is an ATI 9200 so is fairly good not great but shows nice graphics for
what I need it for. The thing is my desktop has 1GB RAM a 250GB hard drive,
faster processor, ATI X1600 card but wanted it for the computer games Sims 2
and decided to take it off net and was hoping to put 2007 office on it but
box description clearly states it needs a broadband connection to register
and download programs so this throws out any chance of putting it on desktop
as don't want a net connection on that one anymore.
 
Hi John,

Thanks and I will ask her to do that next time but think she had forgotten
that I hadn't got the 2007 version as I'd been talking about getting it but
then found it needs a broadband connection and had been planning to put it on
my more powerful desktop which has no net connection so looks as if my idea
of putting it on there is out if it needs that connection but I downloaded
the pack Ute Simon told me about and works brilliantly and now means don't
have to worry if she does forget as know it will open it now.

Thank you to all of you as you've been so helpful, I'm not all that computer
savvy only learnt from the problems had with my desktop(hard drive kept
crashing due to fdisk error after a windows automatic update to media player
11 which had major conflict with my Sonic burning program and got so fed up
with it repeating this error and then starting to say it was restoring my
registry from older file that last time they changed the hard drive took net
off and left it for games and other programs) so have learnt a few things
from this computer but still learning and visting and asking questions on
sites like this one is teaching me a lot so once again thanks for all your
help and mentally giving out gratitude points to all of you :-)

Thanks,
Chocreaper
 
Hi Steve,

Thanks for your reply and I thought maybe it would be OK on here but as it's
only got 512MB RAM I was bit concerned that the Office program would start
off the Low on virtual memory if I was on the internet as well, the graphic
card is an ATI 9200 so is fairly good not great but shows nice graphics for
what I need it for. The thing is my desktop has 1GB RAM a 250GB hard drive,
faster processor, ATI X1600 card but wanted it for the computer games Sims 2
and decided to take it off net and was hoping to put 2007 office on it but
box description clearly states it needs a broadband connection to register
and download programs
Click to expand...

??? I'm looking at the Ultimate box right now and don't see that.
You need to Activate the software but that just requires an internet connection, not
necessarily broadband. Or you can do it by phone.

To get add'l help and use some other options, you'd want a network connection, but
it's certainly not unusable w/o it.
 
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