.pps or .ppt

[Guest]

I have always used the Pack N Go option (.ppt) on finalized presentations
creating both one with and one without the viewer for users. Is it better to
use the Pack N Go or just save as a .pps file?

 

[Echo Swinford]

I have always used the Pack N Go option (.ppt) on finalized presentations
creating both one with and one without the viewer for users. Is it better to
use the Pack N Go or just save as a .pps file?

I usually prefer to save as PPS, but it depends on how I'm
distributing and what version of PPT my recipients have available.

Echo
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

 

[Guest]

With choosing the PPS format versus the Pack n Go route wouldn't the end user
have to have PowerPoint or the Viewer installed to view a PPS file?

I ran into the problem today of a MAC user not being able to unpack either
option. Should PPS be used when sending presentations to MAC users or should
MAC users also be able to unpack?

I have always used the Pack N Go option (.ppt) on finalized presentations
creating both one with and one without the viewer for users. Is it better to
use the Pack N Go or just save as a .pps file?

I usually prefer to save as PPS, but it depends on how I'm
distributing and what version of PPT my recipients have available.

Echo
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I ran into the problem today of a MAC user not being able to unpack either

option. Should PPS be used when sending presentations to MAC users or should
MAC users also be able to unpack?

Pack and Go is a strictly Windows thing. It won't work on Macs.

PPS or PPT should work as long as the Mac user has PowerPoint or the (considerably
older) Mac PPT viewer, but they might have to first start PPT or the Viewer, then
choose File, Open and browse to the PPT or PPS.

Macs don't use the file extension to determine file type in the same way that PCs
do.

Mac users: I know that's a wild generality, and a vague one besides. Deliberately
so. Anyone who wants to explain the vagaries of opening PC-origin files w/o
knowing what MacOS version we're facing and what other software and system settings
are in effect ... hey, go for it! <g>

Podium's all yours ...

I have always used the Pack N Go option (.ppt) on finalized presentations
creating both one with and one without the viewer for users. Is it better to
use the Pack N Go or just save as a .pps file?

I usually prefer to save as PPS, but it depends on how I'm
distributing and what version of PPT my recipients have available.

Echo
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

 

[Echo S]

With choosing the PPS format versus the Pack n Go route wouldn't the end user
have to have PowerPoint or the Viewer installed to view a PPS file?
Yes.

I ran into the problem today of a MAC user not being able to unpack either
option. Should PPS be used when sending presentations to MAC users or should
MAC users also be able to unpack?

What Steve said.