linking to a PowerPoint presentation .pps file

[Guest]

I have tried several different methods of creating a PowerPoint presentation.
Now, when I create a .pps file and link to, it is not working correctly.
Within FrontPage, in Preview, it shows the hyperlink is to the .pps file.
When I click on it, the dialogue window comes up with the options to OPEN or
SAVE the .pps file. When I publish this page and test the same with Internet
Explorer, when I run the mouse over the hyperlink, it shows it is pointing to
my .pps file. However, when I click on the hyperlink, the dialogue window
comes up with the options to OPEN or SAVE the .ppt file (not the .pps file).
I have cleared history, cookies, temporary internet files, and offline
content and rebooted my PC, but it does not clear up the problem. When I
pull up the webpage in Firefox, it works just like it should!

 

[p c]

If it works fien in FF and not in IE the problem must be related to IE.
Check on the IE security settings.

....PC

 

[Andrew Murray]

are you sure you're linking to the *correct* file? What is "pps" vs "ppt" -
is pps the kind-of "executable" powerpoint file? like *.mde is the
"executable" form of a Access database mdb?
What's the URL?

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

Carole:
If you are trying to create a PowerPoint presentation that visitors can view
without having to have PowerPoint on their PC, try "save As Web Page" - this
will create a .mht file. Import that into your web and create a link to it.

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

You really don't ever want a .mht file of a PPT
That is a single file of the whole PPT and will be huge, plus unsupported by many browsers

You want to save as html
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823430

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| Carole:
| If you are trying to create a PowerPoint presentation that visitors can view
| without having to have PowerPoint on their PC, try "save As Web Page" - this
| will create a .mht file. Import that into your web and create a link to it.
|
| --
|
| ~ Kathleen Anderson
| Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| Spider Web Woman Designs
| web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
|
|
|
|
| | >I have tried several different methods of creating a PowerPoint
| >presentation.
| > Now, when I create a .pps file and link to, it is not working correctly.
| > Within FrontPage, in Preview, it shows the hyperlink is to the .pps file.
| > When I click on it, the dialogue window comes up with the options to OPEN
| > or
| > SAVE the .pps file. When I publish this page and test the same with
| > Internet
| > Explorer, when I run the mouse over the hyperlink, it shows it is pointing
| > to
| > my .pps file. However, when I click on the hyperlink, the dialogue window
| > comes up with the options to OPEN or SAVE the .ppt file (not the .pps
| > file).
| > I have cleared history, cookies, temporary internet files, and offline
| > content and rebooted my PC, but it does not clear up the problem. When I
| > pull up the webpage in Firefox, it works just like it should!
|
|

 

[Guest]

The article you provided a link to was excellent! I now have my slide show
on the site. However, I have 2 issues: the pictures appear slower than I
like and the music is not playing. I have a single .wma file that should
play through the entire slide show and it does not need to loop.

I am using PowerPoint 2003 and FrontPage 2003. My url is
http://www.lebanonbaptist.org/videos.asp

Thank you!

Carole