Powerpoint shows dont open from hyperlinks

[Ian R]

Here's a weird one!

On our corporate intranet, there are a number of web pages that contain
hyperlinks to Powerpoint shows (pps and ppsx) Unfortunately, whenever these
hyperlinks are clicked, the Presentation opens up in Edit mode... not as a
Powerpoint show. If you open them up directly from the webserver by clicking
on the filename ( I can, as an administrator) they open just fine as
Powerpoint shows.

Has anyone ever heard of this? We are using Internet Explorer 6 on Win XP
operating system.

Any help in getting these Powerpoint shows to open properly from hyperlinks
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ian

 

[David Marcovitz]

Here's a weird one!

On our corporate intranet, there are a number of web pages that contain
hyperlinks to Powerpoint shows (pps and ppsx) Unfortunately, whenever these
hyperlinks are clicked, the Presentation opens up in Edit mode... not as a
Powerpoint show. If you open them up directly from the webserver by clicking
on the filename ( I can, as an administrator) they open just fine as
Powerpoint shows.

Has anyone ever heard of this? We are using Internet Explorer 6 on Win XP
operating system.

Any help in getting these Powerpoint shows to open properly from hyperlinks
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ian

This should give you the information you need:

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

--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

 

[Ian R]

Thank you for your assistance, gentlemen! I have forwarded the info to our
IT department. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.

Have a great day!
-Ian