why does my pps file not open as a show from the desktop?

[tvmcd]

I have a Powerpoint pps file that I created some time ago that will not open
as a show. I went back to the ppt file and made a new pps with a new name but
that didn't help.

I am opening these files by clicking on them from the desktop without having
powerpoint open but they still open as a presentation.

I want to send the file as a show to a client so it's important that it open
as a show

 

[Darrell S]

You are confusing me. What is the difference between something opening as a
"show" versus opening as a "presentation"? Try holding down the Shift key
while right clicking a .pps file. Then choose Open With. Make sure you
select the PPT viewer rather than the PPT program as the item to open that
type file with. Put a checkmark before "always use this program to open
this type file". (Perhaps sometime in the past you elected to open .pps
files with the PPT program itself, rather than the Viewer) If you want a
..pps file to play as a "show" or "presentation" after opening it, you have
to have chosen the Viewer as the "program" to open a .pps file.

 

[tvmcd]

Thanks Darrell.

I tried your suggestion but couldn't find the viewer listed as a choice or
when I searched in the program files. Maybe that's my problem. I know that I
use to have the viewer because at one point I made one of the files that
incorporates the veiwer in case you are worried that the person you are
sending it to doesn't have one.

I'll try to find a downloadable viewer.

I thought I was using MS language with show and presentation -- though I
agree with you it does seem confusing. I think you got what I meant however
-- show is a slide show and presentation opens up as a regular file where you
can make changes, add new slides, etc.

 

[tvmcd]

Thanks Steve.

I had run Detect and Repair before posting but it didn't solve the problem.
I think the problem is that I don't have a viewer because I don't see one in
the program files. I'll try downloading one.

That's dissappointing news about the program opening based on the settings
of the computer. I thought the whole purpose of the pps file was that you
could send it to someone and they would only be able to see a slide show.

 

[tvmcd]

Thanks Steve.

I tried the website but the page is messed up and not all of it displays.
Unfortunately it is the part with the solution. I got the same page through
the faq too and the same thing happened. I sent an email to tell them about
the problem.

 

[tvmcd]

Steve,

Thanks for fixing the page. I was wondering if there was any connection
between the Steve on the discussion board and the steve working at the PPT
website

Nothing works. I tried the regserver solution. I got a message that windows
office was configuring but powerpoint never opened up. I had tried detect and
repair before but that didn't work. I went to the file to manually set the
file association. It aleady had powerpoint as the default so I just checked
the Always Open With box.

I'm about ready to give up -- unless you have yet another trick -- and hope
for the best ;it will open correctly on other computers.

Based on what you say, if it's my computer or powerpoint program that is
screwed up then it might open correctly on someone else's computer. However,
if it is the file that is messed up, I'm screwed.

Thanks \ Tim