Any downside to saving only as pps rather than ppt?

[Lucian Sitwell]

I lecture a lot for medical topics and I frequently have to refer to other
presentations to answer questions. I have accomplished this by making a
"Table of Contents" slide and hyperlinking each topic to a pps file. I have
a hyper link to the table of contents slide embedded in my template.

At present, I have copies of each presentation in both pps and ppt format.
Would I be giving up anything by saving only in pps????

Lucian Sitwell

 

[Bill Foley]

The only downside is if you are used to double-clicking the file to open it
using Windows Explorer the *.pps will open in Slide Show Mode. If you
normally open PowerPoint, then do a "File", "Open", you won't see any
difference.

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Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor
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[Michael Koerner]

The difference between .pps and ppt is only how they open, either in the edit
mode (.ppt) or slideshow mode (.pps) Linking to either a .ppt or .pps file the
results are the same, the linked file will open in the slideshow mode. There is
no need to save in both formats. I personally save only as .ppt files. If you do
need to change the file extension for some reason or another it is just a matter
of changing the "t" to an "s" or vice versa in Explorer.

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I lecture a lot for medical topics and I frequently have to refer to other
presentations to answer questions. I have accomplished this by making a
"Table of Contents" slide and hyperlinking each topic to a pps file. I have
a hyper link to the table of contents slide embedded in my template.

At present, I have copies of each presentation in both pps and ppt format.
Would I be giving up anything by saving only in pps????

Lucian Sitwell

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

In addition to what Bill (and Michael) said, you might consider putting a
shortcut to the PowerPoint application on your desktop. I get PPS files
from my students all the time (it probably has something to do with the
line I put in some assignments requiring them to save as PPS). By keeping
a shortcut to PowerPoint on my desktop, I can drag the PPS file to the
shortcut, and it opens it in Edit/Normal View. This is a huge timesaver
for me.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/