In previous versions of PowerPoint, if I wanted to create a slide deck that
automatically starts in Show mode, I could use the Save As command, but it
was much easier to simply rename the extension to .pps, and I regularly tell
my clients that.

In 2007, that seems to have changed. Renaming the extension to .ppsx returns
an error when I launch it. The PowerPoint Show choice in Save As appears to
write the file differently.

Anyone have any intel on that? Thanks...




Rick Altman
PowerPoint Live
Oct 11-15, 2009 | Atlanta GA
http://www.betterpresenting.com

Rick
PPT2007 has a security check in the XML that checks the type of file against
the extension. Therefore a "Presentation" type file with a ppsx extension
will error.

In short you can't change the extension anymore
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"Rick Altman" wrote:

> In previous versions of PowerPoint, if I wanted to create a slide deck that
> automatically starts in Show mode, I could use the Save As command, but it
> was much easier to simply rename the extension to .pps, and I regularly tell
> my clients that.
>
> In 2007, that seems to have changed. Renaming the extension to .ppsx returns
> an error when I launch it. The PowerPoint Show choice in Save As appears to
> write the file differently.
>
> Anyone have any intel on that? Thanks...
>
>
>
>
> Rick Altman
> PowerPoint Live
> Oct 11-15, 2009 | Atlanta GA
> http://www.betterpresenting.com
>
>
>

Well...that blows...

All in the name of progress, eh? Thanks for the explanation, John.



RA






"John Wilson" <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:42862CB9-F9C6-492E-8061-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Rick
> PPT2007 has a security check in the XML that checks the type of file
> against
> the extension. Therefore a "Presentation" type file with a ppsx extension
> will error.
>
> In short you can't change the extension anymore
> --