http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: (Solved) - Is Powerpoint needed for received e-mail attachments? en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:20 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-35080 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:05:41 +0000 sparky7415 35080@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>My thanks again for the links provided. I was able to download Word and P/P viewer onto my Vista machine,and the programs work. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34970 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:36:23 +0000 sparky7415 34970@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I must be getting Alzheimers,I forgot that I had PowerPoint Viewer on my XP machine. I then forwarded the mail to the XP machine and was able to view everything. Thank you everyone for the info anyway. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34819 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:41:28 +0000 whs 34819@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>If one distributes a Word 2007 file to the "general public", it is convenient to store them in PDF format (which is an add-on to Word 2007 <a href='http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100649921033.aspx'>http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100649921033.aspx</a> ). I also use this option to send photos over the internet because it reduces the byte count significantly (factor 10 to 50 is possible depending on original filetype and packaging). I don't think this option exists for PPx files though.<br /> PS: Office 2007 Home and Student is on sale this week For $100 at BestBuy (regular price $149) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34811 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:33:06 +0000 Lighthouse 34811@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Good point jack. My friends machine absolutely refuses to run PPV. I had to install OO for him. Never could figure out why? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34810 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:15:55 +0000 jd2066 34810@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@pipo: No, not really any difference in this case. You would still need PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer to open a .pps file. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34809 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:12:04 +0000 pipo 34809@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>not sure if this would make any difference, but if it's just powerpoint, you can ask the sender to save the file as .pps, when you open the file you'll see the actual presentation. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34798 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:03:34 +0000 ScottW 34798@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>You can get stand-alone viewers for all Office products free from Microsoft:<br /> <a href='http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/HA010449811033.aspx'>http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/HA010449811033.aspx</a></p> <p>Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34796 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:48:56 +0000 sparky7415 34796@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thank you all,will check out the info tomorrow,when I have a clear head. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34792 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:08:43 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 34792@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>you could use open office too it's like a free ms office you can get it here: <a href='http://www.openoffice.org/'>http://www.openoffice.org/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34784 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:57:03 +0000 sparky7415 34784@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Appreciate everyones input,and will keep you all guessing,heh,heh,heh,only joking.I'm just lazy and figured one of my friendly geeks would give me a quick fix. I'll let you guys know.<br /> Thank You, The Hooligan </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34783 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:41:09 +0000 jd2066 34783@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I guess so. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34781 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:33:51 +0000 Lighthouse 34781@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Is that better? I thank you for correcting me. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34780 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:29:48 +0000 jd2066 34780@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Indeed, the link is correct. It's the "And Powerpoint is free." you wrote that is incorrect. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34779 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:26:27 +0000 Lighthouse 34779@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thats what I linked to. It's all you need to open a .pps attachment. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34778 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:17:16 +0000 jd2066 34778@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I think you mean PowerPoint Viewer is free. PowerPoint is not free. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34777 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:11:01 +0000 Lighthouse 34777@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What is the file type?<br /> And Powerpoint Viewer is free.<br /> <a href='http://filehippo.com/download_powerpoint/'>http://filehippo.com/download_powerpoint/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/is-powerpoint-needed-for-received-e-mail-attachments#post-34776 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:07:08 +0000 sparky7415 34776@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Very rarely do I need Powerpoint or M/S Word to open certain e-mail attachments, a buddy of mine is bummed out because I'm unable to open a recent attachment. I've used both in the past on a trial basis,and found they were ok, but I can't see paying for a program that I seldom use. Anyone know of any freebies? </p>