Help - can't edit a slideshow from 97-2003 version...?

Question

Hello - any ideas? Creating a wedding slideshow and wanted to use some photos from a high school graduation slideshow that was a gift. NO idea who made the slideshow. It is saved as a 97-2003 document, and it always auto-plays when I put it in. Even if I go to My Computer, try to save the slideshow to desktop and then open it, I can't copy and paste any of the photos, it still autoplays. Is there a way to get into the file so I can copy off a couple of the photos? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANY HELP!!!

Answer 1

You probably have a file with a .PPS extension.  If you doubleclick them, they autoplay.  That's their job.

You can either rename the file to give it a .PPT extension instead or, simpler:

Start PowerPoint

Choose File, Open then browse to the file and open it.  That'll open it as a normal presentation rather than in slide show view.

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Steve Rindsberg PowerPoint MVP

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Answer 2

I'm guessing the creator made use of the Package for CD function (or whatever the equivalence might be called in PowerPoint 2003). There should be a folder where you can see (among other files) a *.ppt file that you can open for editing inPowerPoint (not in the viewer included in the "package").

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Stefan Blom

Microsoft Word MVP

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Hello - any ideas? Creating a wedding slideshow and wanted to use some photos

from a high school graduation slideshow that was a gift. NO idea who made the

slideshow. It is saved as a 97-2003 document, and it always auto-plays when I

put it in. Even if I go to My Computer, try to save the slideshow to desktop

and then open it, I can't copy and paste any of the photos, it still

autoplays. Is there a way to get into the file so I can copy off a couple of

the photos? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANY HELP!!!

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Stefan Blom, Microsoft Word MVP