Viewing Powerpoint Presentation

I'd guess that the sender did not send in the right format for you to open it since you are able to open other PP files. Have them resend it. You can try associating the file with your Viewer by using the Browse button in Folder Options, Open With.

The presentation had .pps extension to it is in the right format.  I'll ask them to send again, just in case.

A .pps extension is Powerpoint Slideshow.   PowerPoint (PPT) software will open it as will PowrPoint Viewer if you don't have PowerPoint software (PowerPoint Viewer is free).   To get your PPT software to recognize this extension:

-  right click on the file and you will see an "Open With" option,

- select that and then scroll until you find Powepoint and highlight that

- also put a check in the box for "Always use the selected program......"

AltaRed, you will notice in my first post I mentioned that this was a Powerpoint Slideshow and that before I had had no trouble viewing them and that I had Powerpoint Viewer.  Thanks for your reply. 

Message Edited by AltaRed on 10-31-2005 12:32 PM

:smileysad:I'm not sure exactly what is happening with Dell/Microsoft.  In January I started having problems sending to more than one person using Microsoft Outlook Express which I have used for years.  I thought the problem was with my server so I've spent hours online with them to no avail.  I finally decided to just make a test and went to yahoo.com, and send the same group of people an e-mail (approximately 15 people) and they ALL received it.  Then I got suspicious when this happened with the Powerpoint SlideShow Presentation that I couldn't view on Microsoft Outlook Express and I forwarded that document to my yahoo.com address and had no problem accessing it.

Outlook Express and Internet Explorer are the only Microsoft applications I have and my computer is leased through Dell.  Since we have a Compaq computer with the Microsoft Office Suite on it, I do not have Word, Excel and Powerpoint on this computer.  I've had more important things to worry about lately (husband's major heart surgery and totaling my car while he was in the hospital) and have just kept on using the yahoo.com.  The computer I am using is a Dell Dimension 3000 running XP Service Pack 2.  I don't know the exact time the "trial" version of Office Suite ran out, but am beginning to suspect that may have been the time I started having the problem sending my mail.  I discovered this problem when folks I normally send to twice or three times a week starting wondering where I was.  I would get their mail, but when I "replied all" they weren't receiving mine.  Has anyone else had this problem and does it sound like a Microsoft problem to you?  I just get so tired and frustrated being on the phone  an hour at a time with someone I cannot understand half the time.  Please I'm not prejudiced, I would just love to speak with someone whose English was much better than those I have dealt with.

 

 

 

 

I have only had my Dell Dimension 3000 since last October or so and someone has sent me an important Powerpoint slide presentation on a disc, with only 125 pictures. 

I've been going crazy trying to get it to play but all I get is the thumbnail of the first picture.  It acts like it is loading and then after 10 minutes or so I get tired of waiting and try to close it.  Get the error message "the program is not responding' etc.  My computer has Powerpoint viewer, although I did not purchase the thing right after the trial expired.

I thought maybe it was the disc, brought it to work and it works fine on my work Dell computer and it does not even say that it has Powerpoint. 

(Sorry I don't know the appropriate terms and have no classroom computer skills either so I'm just try to guess what's going on!)

What would you do about it?  I doubt there is any warranty after 9 months since I did not purchase an extension. 

 I'd really like to show the disc to my mother since it's her sister's memorial service we could not travel to.

You can download a free copy of the Powerpoint Slide Viewer from the Microsoft website. To view any of the presentations sent me I just forward my mail over to my "free" Yahoo mail and view it from there. We did not get Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint on this Dell since we had a Compaq with it on there. I just usually check my mail from the Dell. Good luck.