a simple save problem

The file I right click on opens, but no slideshow.
Dave.

"Sonia" wrote in message
...
They are not case sensitive. Right click on one of your .PPS files and
select "Show" from the menu. What happens?

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
news
Sonia I have renamed the files by deleting the .ppt, still no luck. Are
file extensions case sensitive?
How should I have the individual slide files saved. I have them in a
folder in My Documents. Should opening one of them get the slide show
going?
Dave.

"Sonia" wrote in message
...
You say "no success", but that may not be the case. Now locate your
presentation file. Does it have two extensions, like
presentation.pps.ppt? Rename it and delete the .ppt. Then click on it
to open it.

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
...
I have done that "View and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file" but
no success. This is getting bigger than Ben Hur, and as a non techo type
my head is in a whirl. Can I be missing something simple with the
basics. Can you recommend a basic tutorial for PP 2003.
I will do as Steve suggests and follow the suggestions in
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

Dave.


"Sonia" wrote in message
...
Then see Steve's reply. I think he's nailed it. Open Windows
Explorer and go to Tools Folder Options View and uncheck "Hide
extensions for known file types".

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
...
Yes to "Show"

"Sonia" wrote in message
...
I have a feeling that we might not be talking about the same thing
here, or we don't understand your expectation.

Try right clicking on your PPS file. Do you see "Show" in the
popup menu?

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Dave,

Glad to help!

You are not doing it *the correct way*... but it is much better (for you and
for me) if Sonia explains it to you...

Very cordialmente

Enric


"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show
one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Thanks, Enric. I didn't imagine that this was the problem. You must speak
Dave's language very well. G

Dave, the normal use of PowerPoint is to create a presentation that has mutiple
slides. It sounds like you are creating a bunch of single slide presentations.
The way you should do it is that once you have created the first slide, use
Insert New Slide to add a second, third and fourth until you have all of your
slides for the full presentation. That should be saved as a PowerPoint Show
(*.PPS) and when it is opened you'll see all of your slides.

If you have reason to create them as single slide presentations then to play
them altogether you would need to create a play list and open it in the
PowerPoint Viewer. Let me know if that is the case.

Maybe the tutorial at http://www.actden.com/pp/ will help. I know there are
others, but this one is pretty non-technical.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
Dave,

Glad to help!

You are not doing it *the correct way*... but it is much better (for you and
for me) if Sonia explains it to you...

Very cordialmente

Enric


"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show
one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

You must speak Dave's language very well. G

;-)

It's easier when I *concentrate* my two neurones in a thread...

Thanks, Sonia.

Very cordialmente

Enric


Dave, the normal use of PowerPoint is to create a presentation that has
mutiple
slides. It sounds like you are creating a bunch of single slide
presentations.
The way you should do it is that once you have created the first slide,
use
Insert New Slide to add a second, third and fourth until you have all of
your
slides for the full presentation. That should be saved as a PowerPoint
Show
(*.PPS) and when it is opened you'll see all of your slides.

If you have reason to create them as single slide presentations then to
play
them altogether you would need to create a play list and open it in the
PowerPoint Viewer. Let me know if that is the case.

Maybe the tutorial at http://www.actden.com/pp/ will help. I know there
are
others, but this one is pretty non-technical.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
Dave,

Glad to help!

You are not doing it *the correct way*... but it is much better (for you
and
for me) if Sonia explains it to you...

Very cordialmente

Enric

David,
Let me take a crack at this...
What you rally want is to put all those slides in a single PPT file, set up
a transition for each slide (or even better a single common transition used
for all the slides), then save that file as a PPS. Then, each slide will run
one after the other and play as a show.

To bring all the files together as one show:
1) Open a new PPT file
2) Use Insert-- Slides from File to insert each existing slide. Click the
"Keep existing formatting" box to keep the original backgrounds, etc.

That said, I think all of us are missing something, so how about we step
back and I ask you: What are you trying to accomplish? I don't think that
you put each slide in its own file just because. Is there some reason that
you put them in individual files instead of all together in one file?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
...
Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Enric you must understand Australian English!
Yes I saved single slide files to a folder and it was wrong. I will look at
the tutorial and have another go at it as I am still unsure where the
presentation should be saved once I have used "insert new slide"
To answer your question re. "If you have reason to create them as single
slide presentations then to play
them altogether you would need to create a play list and open it in the
PowerPoint Viewer." I don't understand the difference.
Thanks all for your help.
Dave.

"Sonia" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Enric. I didn't imagine that this was the problem. You must
speak Dave's language very well. G

Dave, the normal use of PowerPoint is to create a presentation that has
mutiple slides. It sounds like you are creating a bunch of single slide
presentations. The way you should do it is that once you have created the
first slide, use Insert New Slide to add a second, third and fourth
until you have all of your slides for the full presentation. That should
be saved as a PowerPoint Show (*.PPS) and when it is opened you'll see
all of your slides.

If you have reason to create them as single slide presentations then to
play them altogether you would need to create a play list and open it in
the PowerPoint Viewer. Let me know if that is the case.

Maybe the tutorial at http://www.actden.com/pp/ will help. I know there
are others, but this one is pretty non-technical.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
Dave,

Glad to help!

You are not doing it *the correct way*... but it is much better (for you
and
for me) if Sonia explains it to you...

Very cordialmente

Enric


"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show
one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

A presentation can be saved wherever it is convenient for you. If you want to
create a folder in My Documents called \Presentations, that's fine, but not
required. You just need to remember where you save the file and what you name
it.

You can ignore what I said about a play list. I don't want you to get more
confused. Stick with creating a single presentation file that contains all of
the slides that you want included.

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
...
Enric you must understand Australian English!
Yes I saved single slide files to a folder and it was wrong. I will look at
the tutorial and have another go at it as I am still unsure where the
presentation should be saved once I have used "insert new slide"
To answer your question re. "If you have reason to create them as single
slide presentations then to play
them altogether you would need to create a play list and open it in the
PowerPoint Viewer." I don't understand the difference.
Thanks all for your help.
Dave.

"Sonia" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Enric. I didn't imagine that this was the problem. You must speak
Dave's language very well. G

Dave, the normal use of PowerPoint is to create a presentation that has
mutiple slides. It sounds like you are creating a bunch of single slide
presentations. The way you should do it is that once you have created the
first slide, use Insert New Slide to add a second, third and fourth until
you have all of your slides for the full presentation. That should be saved
as a PowerPoint Show (*.PPS) and when it is opened you'll see all of your
slides.

If you have reason to create them as single slide presentations then to play
them altogether you would need to create a play list and open it in the
PowerPoint Viewer. Let me know if that is the case.

Maybe the tutorial at http://www.actden.com/pp/ will help. I know there are
others, but this one is pretty non-technical.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
Dave,

Glad to help!

You are not doing it *the correct way*... but it is much better (for you and
for me) if Sonia explains it to you...

Very cordialmente

Enric


"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show
one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

Thanks Kathy,
I am an old guy with a poor memory, it happens when you get into your 70's
:-}, I just got into the wrong way of doing things, and kept perpetuating
the same mistakes. I will start again following your steps below.
Thanks again all.
Dave from downunder.

"Kathy J" wrote in message
...
David,
Let me take a crack at this...
What you rally want is to put all those slides in a single PPT file, set
up a transition for each slide (or even better a single common transition
used for all the slides), then save that file as a PPS. Then, each slide
will run one after the other and play as a show.

To bring all the files together as one show:
1) Open a new PPT file
2) Use Insert-- Slides from File to insert each existing slide. Click the
"Keep existing formatting" box to keep the original backgrounds, etc.

That said, I think all of us are missing something, so how about we step
back and I ask you: What are you trying to accomplish? I don't think that
you put each slide in its own file just because. Is there some reason that
you put them in individual files instead of all together in one file?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro!
Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we
lived

"David Isaacs" wrote in message
...
Yes that is right Enric
Dave.

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

my English is not too good...

but I somehow interpret that you have some files in a folder, named as
pps,
and these pps contain (that is the important part) only one slide each
one... you have some of these... and you want that *all of them* show
one
after the other as a Show...

Is this the problem?

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
It appears to be setup for the primary monitor Enric.
Dave

"Enric" wrote in message
...
David,

Maybe?

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00426.htm

Very cordialmente

Enric

"David Isaacs" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have done this Steve, the reconfiguration took place but only
individual
files open, no show.
Sonia I searched for POWERPNT.EXE it found C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11, but no reconfiguration.
Many thanks you guys, I appreciate your endeavours.
What next,
Dave.

"Steve Rindsberg" abuse
@localhost.com wrote in message
...

Try this:

Quit PowerPoint if it's running
Click Start then click Run
In the Open box, type this (better yet, copy/paste this into the
box):

powerpnt.exe /regserver

Click OK.

You'll see a message box telling you to wait while Office
reconfigures
..yadayadayada. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds or so.

Once it finishes, try doubleclicking one of your PPS files.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================