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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / November 2005Convert Slide Show to Regular Power Point File
I guess I just am not familiar enough with Power Point. I work in a Macintosh format, and when I receive a Power Point slide show (.pps) sometimes I¹d like to convert it to a regular Power Point file (.ppt). Is there an easy way to do this? Thank you, Debbie Manthe > I guess I just am not familiar enough with Power Point. I work in a > Macintosh format, and when I receive a Power Point slide show (.pps) > sometimes Id like to convert it to a regular Power Point file (.ppt). Is > there an easy way to do this? They're the same inside. Windows treats the files differently because of the PPT vs .PPS file "extension"; Mac picks up on that and follows suit. All you really need to do on the PC is change the extension to .PPT On the Mac, it's often simplest to start PPT, do File, Open and browse to where the file is, open it and save as a PowerPoint presentation rather than show. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ On 22/11/05 1:32 am, in article VA.00001e5b.155bc2ca@localhost.com, "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote: >> I guess I just am not familiar enough with Power Point. I work in a >> Macintosh format, and when I receive a Power Point slide show (.pps) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > All you really need to do on the PC is change the extension to .PPT Or just change the extension to .PPT on the Mac ! -- Reply via Newsgroup > On 22/11/05 1:32 am, in article VA.00001e5b.155bc2ca@localhost.com, "Steve > Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Or just change the extension to .PPT on the Mac ! That may depend on the system and where the file's been. For example, if you create the file on a Mac and save it as a Show (PPS) file, change the extension to .PPT, it still opens as a show when doubleclicked. Seems that the Mac's Type/Creator data trumps the file's extension. If the file's fresh off the boat from Windowsland and hasn't been saved from Mac PPT, then it has no Type/Creator data and Mac PPT follows the extension just as it does on the PC. Are we confused yet? ;-) ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ On 11/22/05 10:56 AM, in article VA.00001e64.1917e09d@localhost.com, "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote: > Seems that the Mac's Type/Creator data trumps the file's extension. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > as > it does on the PC. Correct to both. This is how OS X works: it honors extensions, like the good Unix OS it is. All the new Apple programs (TextEdit, Pages, Keynote, etc.) make documents with extensions and but no file type or creator type. But it also has to honor file type and creator type made by traditional Mac apps (generally Carbon apps like PPT that existed back in Classic days too). And, when in doubt, the file type and creator type takes precedence over extension and "bundle signature" or "identifier" (probably because people can make incorrect extensions, or remove extensions, but it's a lot harder and less common to "fake" a file type - you need special tools and knowledge). So it looks for a file type, and only if it finds none looks for the extension.  SignaturePaul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> Please "Reply To Newsgroup" to reply to this message. Emails will be ignored. PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > On 11/22/05 10:56 AM, in article VA.00001e64.1917e09d@localhost.com, "Steve > Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > knowledge). So it looks for a file type, and only if it finds none looks for > the extension. Very sensible, IMO. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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