Steve
Thu Oct 09 14:56:35 CDT 2008
In article <396BAEB5-0A7F-4576-B3CF-C993C8DE7609@microsoft.com>, William S. wrote:
> Yes
OK ... can you share a URL to one of these PPT files so we can have a look?
Meanwhile, I can think of two things to check:
File Associations on the computers with just the Viewer
Simplest way to do this is to put a PPT or PPS file on their local HDD or on a thumb
drive and have them doubleclick the file's icon in Windows Explorer. Does the file
come up in the Viewer, or does Windows ask what to do with the file?
For that matter, you could have them visit your site, click one of the PPT links and
tell Explorer to save the file to their desktop when asked, then doubleclick that
file's icon.
MIME type settings on the web server
The webmaster should know how to find the correct settings for PPT, PPS, PPTX, PPSX
etc. files. If they're not correctly set, the browser may not know what to do with
links to PPT files.
This is specific to PPT 2007 and its new file types, but has a few links that might
be useful in your situation:
PowerPoint 2007 files don't download correctly from a Web Server, open as zip files
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm
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> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
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> > In article <E13F3D89-11BE-40C6-B24F-FD417B1C17CD@microsoft.com>, William S.
> > wrote:
> > > Please help! I have an annual report published to the web in 2003 Publisher.
> > > Embedded in this presentation are powerpoint presentations. These powerpoint
> > > files are maintained on our web server. Problem-the powerpoint presentations
> > > work fine on computers with the powerpoint program, but with ones with just
> > > the powerpoint reader; the file is not recognized as a ppt or pps. It can be
> > > saved and then opened with the program in the dialog box. For the readers of
> > > the report, this will not work. Any help here would be appreciated.
> >
> > I don't understand where Publisher fits into this or in what format this is all
> > published to the web.
> >
> > But it sounds as though somewhere along the line there are links to PowerPoint
> > files. When users who DO have PPT installed click the links, it works as
> > expected. When users who only have the free Viewer click the links, they get a
> > dialog box from their browser asking what to do with the file; there they can
> > specify the viewer IF they know they're supposed to do that but most don't.
> >
> > Does that sum it up accurately?
> >
> >
> >
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> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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