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Markus Ritter
I started to share some ppt and pps files because I knew most of my friends did not have Office 2007, Now I find that when using IE8 to download some of my friends pptx and ppsx files they get the pptx and ppsx suffix replaced by a zip suffix when downloading. real pain in the butt as I can't find out how to get Windows to show suffix. The IE8 folks need to fix this or they will loose ground rapidly to FF.
Steve Rindsberg wrote:
Re: Can't get .pptx files to open
01-Oct-07
wrote
I think Ute may have nailed it. But meanwhile, do you have Windows set to its
default, hiding extensions of known file types?
Make Windows show file extensions and hidden file
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00781.ht
If Windows is in "Hide my stuff" mode, you can have files with idiot names like
MyPowerPoint2007File.PPTX.ZIP but Windows hides the ZIP part. The human sees
PPTX, Windows sees .ZIP and opens it as a zip file when the human doubleclicks
the file
Naughty naughy windowsmonkey
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MV
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.co
PPTools: www.pptools.co
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Can't get .pptx files to open
Hello. I have a problem
I have microsoft office 2007 on my vista laptop..and for some reason, I can
create powerpoints with the .pptx ending and open them, but when I open
powerpoints with the ending .pptx that are from other computers (I am a
teaching assistant), they will not open and just extrat as a zip file
I also have the plugin to take office 2007 on my 2003 edition, but it still
wont let me open these files. Can anyone help? I dont know whats wrong!
Thanks,
Michelle
Hi Michelle,how do you exchange PowerPoint files with others?
Hi Michelle
how do you exchange PowerPoint files with others? Via FTP or internet? We
had a similar problem recently: Our webmaster uploaded PPTX-files and when
people downloaded them, they got ZIP-files. Renaming them from ZIP to PPTX
solved the problem
The reason is, that server software sometimes does not "understand" this new
file format
What else can you try
- Do not open the files with a double-click in Windows Explorer, but with
Office-Button - Open from PowerPoint
- Have people zip the PPTX-files before uploading/sending
Best regards
Ut
--
Ute Simo
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Tea
Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage
14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de
Re: Can't get .pptx files to open
wrote
I think Ute may have nailed it. But meanwhile, do you have Windows set to its
default, hiding extensions of known file types?
Make Windows show file extensions and hidden file
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00781.ht
If Windows is in "Hide my stuff" mode, you can have files with idiot names like
MyPowerPoint2007File.PPTX.ZIP but Windows hides the ZIP part. The human sees
PPTX, Windows sees .ZIP and opens it as a zip file when the human doubleclicks
the file
Naughty naughy windowsmonkey
----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MV
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.co
PPTools: www.pptools.co
================================================
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Steve Rindsberg wrote:
Re: Can't get .pptx files to open
01-Oct-07
wrote
I think Ute may have nailed it. But meanwhile, do you have Windows set to its
default, hiding extensions of known file types?
Make Windows show file extensions and hidden file
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00781.ht
If Windows is in "Hide my stuff" mode, you can have files with idiot names like
MyPowerPoint2007File.PPTX.ZIP but Windows hides the ZIP part. The human sees
PPTX, Windows sees .ZIP and opens it as a zip file when the human doubleclicks
the file
Naughty naughy windowsmonkey
----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MV
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.co
PPTools: www.pptools.co
================================================
Previous Posts In This Thread:
Can't get .pptx files to open
Hello. I have a problem
I have microsoft office 2007 on my vista laptop..and for some reason, I can
create powerpoints with the .pptx ending and open them, but when I open
powerpoints with the ending .pptx that are from other computers (I am a
teaching assistant), they will not open and just extrat as a zip file
I also have the plugin to take office 2007 on my 2003 edition, but it still
wont let me open these files. Can anyone help? I dont know whats wrong!
Thanks,
Michelle
Hi Michelle,how do you exchange PowerPoint files with others?
Hi Michelle
how do you exchange PowerPoint files with others? Via FTP or internet? We
had a similar problem recently: Our webmaster uploaded PPTX-files and when
people downloaded them, they got ZIP-files. Renaming them from ZIP to PPTX
solved the problem
The reason is, that server software sometimes does not "understand" this new
file format
What else can you try
- Do not open the files with a double-click in Windows Explorer, but with
Office-Button - Open from PowerPoint
- Have people zip the PPTX-files before uploading/sending
Best regards
Ut
--
Ute Simo
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Tea
Das PowerPoint-Event des Jahres: Die PowerPoint-Anwendertage
14. - 16.10.2007 in Fulda, http://powerpoint.anwendertage.de
Re: Can't get .pptx files to open
wrote
I think Ute may have nailed it. But meanwhile, do you have Windows set to its
default, hiding extensions of known file types?
Make Windows show file extensions and hidden file
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00781.ht
If Windows is in "Hide my stuff" mode, you can have files with idiot names like
MyPowerPoint2007File.PPTX.ZIP but Windows hides the ZIP part. The human sees
PPTX, Windows sees .ZIP and opens it as a zip file when the human doubleclicks
the file
Naughty naughy windowsmonkey
----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MV
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.co
PPTools: www.pptools.co
================================================
Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
Vista Glass Effect NotifyIcon CPU / Memory Meter
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...c-e250825c8c39/vista-glass-effect-notify.aspx