PPS downloads as PPT

[Gary.Murray]

I have created a PPS and stored it on my server. When the file is
downloaded, it comes in as a PPT rather than a PPS. Does anyone
understand why this behavior is happening? Here's the location of the
download.

http://www.acmecomputing.net/MVD/Lincoln 40 Brochure.pps

 

[Guest]

Try zipping the file and have folk download the zipped pps

 

[Michael Koerner]

I don't know why, but for me, selecting the option Open it opens in the
slideshow mode within IE. When I select Save it gives me the ppt extension,
which I changed to pps and then saved. Because the ppt/pps extensions are
interchangeable it might be just the way it is programmed in IE to handle
this type of transaction. Sorry I didn't offer a solution.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have created a PPS and stored it on my server. When the file is
downloaded, it comes in as a PPT rather than a PPS. Does anyone
understand why this behavior is happening? Here's the location of the
download.

http://www.acmecomputing.net/MVD/Lincoln 40 Brochure.pps

You see one behavior, Michael sees another and I see something different again
(click the link, browser opens, offers to save/open; I choose Save and it wants
to save a PPT file; then again, the browser isn't MSIE).

A lot of what happens will depend on what browser's set as default on the
user's computer, what version of Office they have and what other *local*
settings are in effect.

In short, you probably can't force any particular behavior.

If you want to ensure that the user downloads the file and runs it locally,
then John's suggestion of zipping the file is a good one. Be sure to explain
to your users what they have to do with the zip file.

Or you can instruct the user to rightclick and choose Save.