Is this old PPS file uneditable?
A fairly old PPS presentation file, from ~2007.08.19. By doubleclicking on it in Debian 9, it simply starts the presentation. By opening it in LibreOffice 5.2.7.2, it also starts the presentation.
Is it impossible to edit this file? To: change the music, copy the text, etc. Further, parts of what is written in each page is hidden - so the presentation view is unsatisfiable. Here is PPS file, it is only 324 KiB, do not worry. https://nofile.io/f/9MGShdHOFSD/fati...a_%28M%29_.pps If this file eventually is removed from nofile address above, ask me. I upload it again. It will be there at least for 30 days - it seems. |
Don't double click it. Open the proper utility to edit a presentation and then open that file and edit it.
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It's because PPS is a Microsoft Office Autoplay format.
Rename it to either PPT or ODP. |
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So the same applies to all PPS files? Can I remove their "special" default action, so they are edited easierly if so desired? |
Other discussion and a few solutions
I just found an old OOO thread about the automatic PPS annoyance. You can read it here:
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/foru...=23250#p116782 There is one solution there that I find appealing: Quote:
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A fairly old LQ thread about the same subject:
LQ linux-software-2/libreoffice-starting-pps-files-automatically-896858 |
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I figured since I happen to be booted to Windows but also have a Mint VM, I could create native files either using PowerPoint or LibreOffice. It was at that point where I learned what the PPS file type really meant - even though I could've googled for it. I mean I knew that PowerPoint would make PPT files and learned that LibreOffice makes ODP files. So I did a Save As action to save it as PPS and learned that it was Microsoft Office Power Point Autoplay or something like that name/description. After that I changed the extension and it worked in both cases. Probably because it was a current, or new, file. Meanwhile something very old? Who knows, but it seemed to have worked for your file. I can only assume that it was a former way to protect a presentation from someone editing it and changing it, like PDF files used to be. |
@ #8
Well... I will rarely use a PPS file (as PPT and ODP). But I have a lot of them in old messages. Renaming them every time is not as good (even if automatic as one of the solutions we see in #6 given URL ).
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