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niller

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 91

Power Point Viewer

Hello Everybody,

I'm looking for a viewer that can show me some Power Point Slides (Not OOo and certainly NOT MS Power Point)

I would like to use it as a viewer that captures .pps attachments in my mail.

Does anyone here ever heard of such a program, and where to get it ?

Thanks !

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lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

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Re: Power Point Viewer

As I recall, the power point viewer was often sent along with the power point data.

I suggest that you may have luck if you put power point viewer on a CD for your use in presenting the power point materials that you wish to display.

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niller

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 91

Re: Power Point Viewer

As I recall, the power point viewer was often sent along with the power point data.

I suggest that you may have luck if you put power point viewer on a CD for your use in presenting the power point materials that you wish to display.

The only viewer I can find must be running inside Wine, but that's not what I want.

Isn't there something similar to epdfviewer that can view .pps/.ppt files ?

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Lord Illidan

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From: Malta

Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 248

Re: Power Point Viewer

Why isn't open office good enough for the job, if I may ask? It seems to me the best choice for a native solution, at least.

niller

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 91

Re: Power Point Viewer

Well, I'm toying around here and want the lightest solution possible.

Actually this is the only reason that keeps me from switching from Gmail to mutt.

I dont use Open Office, and wont install such a big package just to view some slides

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robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

Posts: 263

Re: Power Point Viewer

export your presentations to flash or html or whatever

dunno if ms ppt can do that, OOo Impress can export into  various formats

edit: aw, crap you dont create them, you just wanna read em
sry

Last edited by robmaloy (2008-11-25 08:51:32)

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xaiviax

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2008-11-04

Posts: 282

Re: Power Point Viewer

The AUR package xlhtml will convert ppt to html (don't know if converts pps or not).  Google docs will work also (depending on file size).

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Power Point Viewer

pps is just ppt with a different extension. Changing the extension from ppt -> pps makes powerpoint open it in show/presentation mode.

niller

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 91

Re: Power Point Viewer

pps is just ppt with a different extension. Changing the extension from ppt -> pps makes powerpoint open it in show/presentation mode.

I didn't know that

Thanks for the hint

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kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

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Re: Power Point Viewer

There is a powerpoint to flash converter available but I only tried the software on MS I don't know if there is an opensource alternative..:)

http://www.authorgen.com/authorpoint-lite-free/powerpoint-to-flash-converter.aspx

You might try these via wine on your linux box it's freeware after all...^^ hope it helps

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TjPhysicist

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Re: Power Point Viewer

how about google docs?

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niller

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 91

Re: Power Point Viewer

how about google docs?

Well thats my current solution, but dont know how to capture it from mutt ??

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