PowerPoint 2003/2007 Co-existence: Default version to start

[learningdba]

I use PowerPoint 2007 and I like it (but it really bloats a Save As PPT
(2003) format and doesn't copy and past well to PPT). The rest of my company
is mostly using PPT and not PPTX. So whenever I open an attachment in an
email it opens in PPTX (2007) and not PPT. Is there I way to change it so I
can always open a PPT in 2003 and a PPTX in 2007 - or at least all in 2003 by
default. I even tried to associate the file type PPT in Windows with 2003 but
it still opens in 2007 and this causes me a lot of grief. Help!!!

 

[Chirag]

Do the following:
1. In Windows, select "Start" | "Run..." menu item to bring up the Run
dialog box.

2. Type in the following command in the "Open" box:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\PowerPnt.exe" /regserver

3. Click OK button.

This will make PowerPoint 2003 associate .ppt/.pps/.pot file extensions with
itself while keeping .pptx/.pptm/.ppsx/.ppsm/.potx/.potm to PowerPoint 2007.
The command in step 2 does assume that you have installed PowerPoint 2003 at
your normal location.

- Chirag

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http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

 

[learningdba]

Bang on and thanks! You save me a lot of pain (though it asked for the Office
03 install - which I had to get of a share where I got it from ...but it
worked!)

So perhaps you can post an answer for this one at the respective thread:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...e-powerpoint&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1

Thanks again Office guru...

 

[Donna]

Hi, I have both PowerPoint 2003 (French) and 2007 (English with language
pack) installed on my station under Windows XP Professional (French). I am
preparing files for a client in both versions (English and French in both
2003 and 2007), depending on who is using it and the software version they
are using. Most of them will have only one version installed but some have
both. In this case when using Windows Explorer, all files open in 2007. I
tried the trick you mentioned below, now everything opens in 2003. Is there
anything else to try to associate extensions with their proper versions?

Location of PPT 2003 executable:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE
Location of PPT 2007 executable:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 (not sure if this is file? :
excelcnv.exe)