Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
opening the show for editing?

Save it as a .ppsx file. Keeping in mind that people with less than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view your presentation.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Donald Fisher" <DonaldFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8C8CA10C-E412-4430-8831-5B3BF929DEE1@microsoft.com...
Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
opening the show for editing?

Save it as a .ppsx file,link the .ppsx to the web.Know that people with less
than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view
your presentation.
You can use PPT for Web
converter(http://www.flash-video-mx.com/ppt4web-converter/) to convert your
presentation to flash(.flv) or MP4 video format for uploading to the
website.No matter what version people are using,they all can see your
presentation video on the website.


"Donald Fisher" wrote:

> Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
> open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
> opening the show for editing?

loong, i've tried saving as .ppsx but it opens in design view just like the
..pptx does? i thought there would be a way in HTML to tell the link to start
the slide show?

"loong" wrote:

> Save it as a .ppsx file,link the .ppsx to the web.Know that people with less
> than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view
> your presentation.
> You can use PPT for Web
> converter(http://www.flash-video-mx.com/ppt4web-converter/) to convert your
> presentation to flash(.flv) or MP4 video format for uploading to the
> website.No matter what version people are using,they all can see your
> presentation video on the website.
>
>
> "Donald Fisher" wrote:
>
> > Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
> > open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
> > opening the show for editing?

It is going to be user specific. If the recipient has it set up on their system to open pps/ppsx through file association as Show the it is going to open in the slideshow mode. if the default is Open, then it will open in the edit mode

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Donald Fisher" <DonaldFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F82C0312-7F30-4BE3-AFC5-264951B9252C@microsoft.com...
loong, i've tried saving as .ppsx but it opens in design view just like the
.pptx does? i thought there would be a way in HTML to tell the link to start
the slide show?

"loong" wrote:

> Save it as a .ppsx file,link the .ppsx to the web.Know that people with less
> than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view
> your presentation.
> You can use PPT for Web
> converter(http://www.flash-video-mx.com/ppt4web-converter/) to convert your
> presentation to flash(.flv) or MP4 video format for uploading to the
> website.No matter what version people are using,they all can see your
> presentation video on the website.
>
>
> "Donald Fisher" wrote:
>
> > Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
> > open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
> > opening the show for editing?

So when the OPEN button is clicked on the file download prompt it's forcing
the file to open in edit mode? My computer is set up to display the slide
show and it works if I open the file directly but it doesn't if I open the
same file via a web link. There seems to be more to the problem than how the
computer is set up. If I'm going in the wrong direction please let me know
how to fix the issue. Thanks for all the input!

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

> It is going to be user specific. If the recipient has it set up on their system to open pps/ppsx through file association as Show the it is going to open in the slideshow mode. if the default is Open, then it will open in the edit mode
>
> --
> Michael Koerner
> MS MVP - PowerPoint
>
>
> "Donald Fisher" <DonaldFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F82C0312-7F30-4BE3-AFC5-264951B9252C@microsoft.com...
> loong, i've tried saving as .ppsx but it opens in design view just like the
> .pptx does? i thought there would be a way in HTML to tell the link to start
> the slide show?
>
> "loong" wrote:
>
> > Save it as a .ppsx file,link the .ppsx to the web.Know that people with less
> > than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view
> > your presentation.
> > You can use PPT for Web
> > converter(http://www.flash-video-mx.com/ppt4web-converter/) to convert your
> > presentation to flash(.flv) or MP4 video format for uploading to the
> > website.No matter what version people are using,they all can see your
> > presentation video on the website.
> >
> >
> > "Donald Fisher" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
> > > open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
> > > opening the show for editing?

Can't answer that for sure. All I know is that if it is a .ppsx file when I select open, it does so in the slideshow mode. if it is a .pptx file it opens in the edit mode.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"Donald Fisher" <DonaldFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8D64BFFE-B1B1-4A3A-9891-8F427F9379E2@microsoft.com...
So when the OPEN button is clicked on the file download prompt it's forcing
the file to open in edit mode? My computer is set up to display the slide
show and it works if I open the file directly but it doesn't if I open the
same file via a web link. There seems to be more to the problem than how the
computer is set up. If I'm going in the wrong direction please let me know
how to fix the issue. Thanks for all the input!

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

> It is going to be user specific. If the recipient has it set up on their system to open pps/ppsx through file association as Show the it is going to open in the slideshow mode. if the default is Open, then it will open in the edit mode
>
> --
> Michael Koerner
> MS MVP - PowerPoint
>
>
> "Donald Fisher" <DonaldFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F82C0312-7F30-4BE3-AFC5-264951B9252C@microsoft.com...
> loong, i've tried saving as .ppsx but it opens in design view just like the
> .pptx does? i thought there would be a way in HTML to tell the link to start
> the slide show?
>
> "loong" wrote:
>
> > Save it as a .ppsx file,link the .ppsx to the web.Know that people with less
> > than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view
> > your presentation.
> > You can use PPT for Web
> > converter(http://www.flash-video-mx.com/ppt4web-converter/) to convert your
> > presentation to flash(.flv) or MP4 video format for uploading to the
> > website.No matter what version people are using,they all can see your
> > presentation video on the website.
> >
> >
> > "Donald Fisher" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
> > > open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
> > > opening the show for editing?

In article <8D64BFFE-B1B1-4A3A-9891-8F427F9379E2@microsoft.com>, Donald Fisher wrote:
> So when the OPEN button is clicked on the file download prompt it's forcing
> the file to open in edit mode? My computer is set up to display the slide
> show and it works if I open the file directly but it doesn't if I open the
> same file via a web link. There seems to be more to the problem than how the
> computer is set up. If I'm going in the wrong direction please let me know
> how to fix the issue. Thanks for all the input!

I don't think you're going in the wrong direction at all. It's just that the way this works (or
doesn't!) is subject to too many variables. And the rules seem to change from version to
version.

I don't have any updated info for PPT 2007, but this might shed SOME light:

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

You might also run into this one:

PowerPoint 2007 files don't download correctly from a Web Server, open as zip files
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm

>
> "Michael Koerner" wrote:
>
> > It is going to be user specific. If the recipient has it set up on their system to open
pps/ppsx through file association as Show the it is going to open in the slideshow mode. if the
default is Open, then it will open in the edit mode
> >
> > --
> > Michael Koerner
> > MS MVP - PowerPoint
> >
> >
> > "Donald Fisher" <DonaldFisher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F82C0312-7F30-4BE3-AFC5-264951B9252C@microsoft.com...
> > loong, i've tried saving as .ppsx but it opens in design view just like the
> > .pptx does? i thought there would be a way in HTML to tell the link to start
> > the slide show?
> >
> > "loong" wrote:
> >
> > > Save it as a .ppsx file,link the .ppsx to the web.Know that people with less
> > > than PowerPoint 2007 or the PowerPoint 2007 viewer will not be able to view
> > > your presentation.
> > > You can use PPT for Web
> > > converter(http://www.flash-video-mx.com/ppt4web-converter/) to convert your
> > > presentation to flash(.flv) or MP4 video format for uploading to the
> > > website.No matter what version people are using,they all can see your
> > > presentation video on the website.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Donald Fisher" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello and thanks in advance for any help offered. I'm looking for a way to
> > > > open a .pptx file via a web link and start the show right away instead of
> > > > opening the show for editing?
>

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