Save PowerPoint so if opened by someone else, it opens as 'View Sh

[Brett]

Based on various reading, I've tried saving as a .pps, .pptx and more, but
these PowerPoint 2003 files never open up in any way other than the 'normal'
edit mode (it worked perfectly with PowerPoint 2007 (trial).)

I need to send it to people who may not know to look under menu < Slide Show

< View Show > and have no need of anything but to see the presentation.

Help, please.

 

[Jean-Pierre Forestier [MVP[]

At least you can tell people to press F5 to start the slideshow

 

[Echo S]

Perhaps your file associations for PPS (and / or PPSX) are messed up.

Changing a File Association, Repairing broken File Associations
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00355.htm

(Saving as PPTX won't force the file to open in slide show view. But saving
as PPS should...)