spmug 609 There's help if you can't open Power Point attachments
By James Coates Chicago Tribune
Q: I am trying to open an e-mail attachment that has .pps as its
extension. No .pps extension is listed in the file types registered on
my computer, thus I am not able to open the attachment. Can you help me?
A: Files ending with the .pps extension are created by people using
Microsoft's somewhat costly PowerPoint presentation program. They
include slide shows, modest animations and various graphics bells and
whistles designed to be projected on a screen or printed into boring
sheaves of 8 x 10 paper.
Happily, while you need to either acquire Microsoft Office or a
stand-alone copy of PowerPoint to create those files, Microsoft
distributes free software to view PowerPoint shows.
The easiest way to get your viewer to open those files is to use the
Microsoft support center at www.support.microsoft.com. Type in ppviewer
as a search word and you'll be walked through the download and
installation process. That will set your computer to include .pps among
the registered file types and create the viewer to kick in automatically
when they are clicked.