I can' t get a powerpoint link to open up full screen

[Guest]

I have Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007. My powerpoint in question can be
found at
http://nelsot5.googlepages.com/statesthatsuceededtheunion

I want to have a powerpoint start right away and go to full screen
mode. Now I know that if you save the power point as pps that the
program will go to full screen right away. I made this type of
powerpoint and linked it to my webpage. Then i clicked on the link on
my webpage and it asked me what i wanted to do with the file: open or
save. I chose the save option first. After the file was saved to my
computer I opened it up and Yes! it worked.

But now I want to try the other option offered. I choose the OPEN
option and this time it still tells me i still have to save it. It has
called the file a zipped file. But hey I save it as a pps file. What
happened?


I want people to be able to open the file from the link on my webpage
without having to save it to their computer and have the power point
go immediately to full screen mode and begin. Do you understand what
I am asking? Let me know if it is not clear. Any ideas? Thanks for
your time.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Have a look her and see if this does not help.

Making PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2007 HTML open full screen
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00428.htm

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I have Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007. My powerpoint in question can be
found at
http://nelsot5.googlepages.com/statesthatsuceededtheunion

I want to have a powerpoint start right away and go to full screen
mode. Now I know that if you save the power point as pps that the
program will go to full screen right away. I made this type of
powerpoint and linked it to my webpage. Then i clicked on the link on
my webpage and it asked me what i wanted to do with the file: open or
save. I chose the save option first. After the file was saved to my
computer I opened it up and Yes! it worked.

But now I want to try the other option offered. I choose the OPEN
option and this time it still tells me i still have to save it. It has
called the file a zipped file. But hey I save it as a pps file. What
happened?


I want people to be able to open the file from the link on my webpage
without having to save it to their computer and have the power point
go immediately to full screen mode and begin. Do you understand what
I am asking? Let me know if it is not clear. Any ideas? Thanks for
your time.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007. My powerpoint in question can be
found at
http://nelsot5.googlepages.com/statesthatsuceededtheunion

I want to have a powerpoint start right away and go to full screen
mode. Now I know that if you save the power point as pps that the
program will go to full screen right away. I made this type of
powerpoint and linked it to my webpage. Then i clicked on the link on
my webpage and it asked me what i wanted to do with the file: open or
save. I chose the save option first. After the file was saved to my
computer I opened it up and Yes! it worked.

But now I want to try the other option offered. I choose the OPEN
option and this time it still tells me i still have to save it. It has
called the file a zipped file. But hey I save it as a pps file. What
happened?

For starters, it's not a PPS file, it's a PPSX.

See my replies to Arlene in a different thread. Getting it to open
automatically will require two things:

- That the person clicking the link has PPT 2007 or the 2007 viewer (or
probably 2003 with the compatibility pack)

- That the web server administrator on your site adds the correct MIME or media
type configuration information to the web server so the user's browser knows
what to do with the file.

OR

You could save and post a PPS rather than PPSX file.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi again,

You may also want to have a look here, where I've added more info about PPT
2007 files.

Control how the browser opens PowerPoint files
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00189.htm