powerpoint viewer

[petero]

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps as the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the ppt viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the viewer in my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to do the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to correct it?

 

[Echo S]

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

 

[petero]

It does say so but it still does not open
--
Petero

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps as the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the ppt
viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the viewer in
my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to do the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to correct
it?

 

[Echo S]

How are you telling the files to open with the PPT Viewer? Is there a reason
you're using the Viewer to view the files and not just using PPT itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

It does say so but it still does not open
--
Petero

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps as
the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the ppt
viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the viewer
in
my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to do
the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to
correct
it?

 

[petero]

I recieve files with a pps extension and then when you click on them you can
pick a program to open it and I can open them with ppt but then it is shown
as a slide show.
--
Petero

How are you telling the files to open with the PPT Viewer? Is there a reason
you're using the Viewer to view the files and not just using PPT itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

It does say so but it still does not open
--
Petero

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps as
the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the ppt
viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the viewer
in
my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to do
the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to
correct
it?

 

[petero]

Some additional information, I noticed that slide show view of PPT on my pc
is not working at all.
--
Petero

I recieve files with a pps extension and then when you click on them you can
pick a program to open it and I can open them with ppt but then it is shown
as a slide show.
--
Petero

How are you telling the files to open with the PPT Viewer? Is there a reason
you're using the Viewer to view the files and not just using PPT itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

It does say so but it still does not open
--
Petero


:

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps as
the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the ppt
viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the viewer
in
my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to do
the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to
correct
it?

 

[Echo S]

If you set PowerPoint to play on "primary monitor" as described below, then
when you click and it asks you to select a program to view it with, choose
PowerPoint, not the PowerPoint Viewer.

Can't run slideshow / screen show won't start
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

That should let PPT open up in slide show view and not just be minimized on
your task bar. If it's not working, I'm not sure what to suggest. I guess
maybe try Changing a File Association, Repairing broken File Associations
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I recieve files with a pps extension and then when you click on them you
can
pick a program to open it and I can open them with ppt but then it is
shown
as a slide show.
--
Petero

How are you telling the files to open with the PPT Viewer? Is there a
reason
you're using the Viewer to view the files and not just using PPT itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

It does say so but it still does not open
--
Petero


:

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps
as
the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the
ppt
viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the
viewer
in
my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to
do
the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to
correct
it?

 

[petero]

Thanks for your help. I think it did the trick
--
Petero

If you set PowerPoint to play on "primary monitor" as described below, then
when you click and it asks you to select a program to view it with, choose
PowerPoint, not the PowerPoint Viewer.

Can't run slideshow / screen show won't start
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

That should let PPT open up in slide show view and not just be minimized on
your task bar. If it's not working, I'm not sure what to suggest. I guess
maybe try Changing a File Association, Repairing broken File Associations
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00355.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I recieve files with a pps extension and then when you click on them you
can
pick a program to open it and I can open them with ppt but then it is
shown
as a slide show.
--
Petero

How are you telling the files to open with the PPT Viewer? Is there a
reason
you're using the Viewer to view the files and not just using PPT itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

It does say so but it still does not open
--
Petero


:

Open PPT. Go to Slide Show|Set up Show. Make sure it says to play on
"primary monitor."

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I have ppt 2003 on my pc. I have receved a couple of files with .pps
as
the
extension which to my knowledge I should be able to view with the
ppt
viewer.
When I tell the file to open it with the viewer, I can see the
viewer
in
my
taskbar but not on my desktop. It simply does not work so i have to
do
the
ctrl-alt-del command to close down the program.

Anybody have any suggestions for me what could be wrong and how to
correct
it?