Microsoft PowerPoint is a software for creating presentations. It is widely used in teaching, business and family conventions among others. According to Microsoft, 30 million presentations are created daily. A few years ago, PowerPoint files were continually circulating between emails. Lately their circulation has been reduced, to the benefit of gifs, but they continue to circulate in large numbers.
We are talking about files whose extension is.pps or .ppsx (this last extension is used since the 2010 version of PowerPoint). Through the PowerPoint application we can create and view presentations including photographs, text, audio and videos, which we can configure so that, every certain interval of time or by clicking on the mouse, they change following the order established when it was created.
The best and most recommended option to view these types of files is to have the application with which Microsoft PowerPoint is created, which will allow us to modify them, if it is of our interest, or only view them through the official Microsoft application called Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, which can be downloaded directly from the Microsoft page.
How to install Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer to view pps / ppsx files
- We visit the link where the official Microsoft page will be displayed where we can download the PowerPoint file viewer. Click on download, since the application language will have been selected automatically.
- Then Microsoft will recommend us if we want to download a Word file viewer and a plug-in to save files as PDF. We go to the lower right corner and click on No thanks and continue.
- At the bottom of the screen, depending on the browser, the browser will ask us for permission to download the file. Click on Save and the download will begin.
- Once downloaded, we go to the directory where the application has been downloaded, which by default will be the folder called Downloads and we execute it by double clicking on it.
- If the user account control requests permission to install the application, click on the YES option. A poster will appear where you inform us of the Microsoft software license terms. We go to the tab located in the lower left part of the box, we mark them and in the lower right corner, we can click on Continue.
- A sign will appear informing us that we are going to proceed with the installation. Click on next and in the next window, click on Install, unless we want to modify the directory where we want to install it.
- Finally a poster will appear that informs us that the application has been installed correctly. Click on Accept.
From now on, every time we try to open a PowerPoint file with the .pps or .ppsx extension, the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer will automatically open. One thing to keep in mind is to only open files that we know where they come from. Generally our friends and family send us files with the extension pps / ppsx that do not have any type of virus. However, when a stranger sends us a file of this type, it is always advisable to pass it through the antivirus.
Last update: may 2014
I guess the best thing is that you recommend OpenOffice, which is free and practically spiritBetter to get used to good habits than bad 🙂
Good article for the young people of the Viangre place, since you can clarify the difference between .pps and .ppt because many times I am surprised by people who do not know. 😉
Unfortunately there are too many who know what they are, and they send a lot of these.
Many times the solution is the delete button, although in the cases in which it is necessary to see them I prefer OpenOffice, at least I think it is the only one that runs on other non-Windows platforms, although in any case it gives me some curiosity to know this tool you've never heard of.
I hope you finish the post. Greetings
good post, the tool that you comment (the viewer) is very good and easy to use, it is interesting that you comment, since surely there are many people who do not know its existence, although it has a long time.
thanks x the comments were d great help. thank you
I recently installed the windows vista and when I went to have the file emails with ext.pps it did not allow to open when I installed the PowerPointViewer.exe stop suffering
I could not install the powerpoint viewer, after more than an hour of waiting in what according to me it was being installed at the end, I got a message that could not be executed
why will it be ????
judith I have no idea. You were the first person to report problems with the pps viewer installation.
I have the power point but I do not open the pps files directly by clicking them twice I have to drag it in the power viewer, before they were opened but I got into opening as ... and the lie choose the program that is put the icon to File side and it does not open to me with any thank you very much you do a great job helping those that we do not know I have sight thank you very much
Carlos I hope to do a tutorial shortly on what you ask.
HELLO MY PROBLEM IS THAT FROM A TIME TO HERE I DOWNLOAD MY EMAILS IN PPS FORMAT AND WHEN TRYING TO OPEN IT TELLS ME THAT POWER POINT CANNOT OPEN THE PRESENTATION X ALREADY SAVED WHAT CONFIGURATION I SHOULD FIX OR IT WILL BE THAT IN SOME CASES I MUST HAVE THE POER POINT VIEWER BUT IN OTHERS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAPPENS WITH SOME FILES AND WITH OTHERS, PLEASE HELP ME I THANK THE RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL WHO CAN HELP ME xxxxxxxxxx
I don't know why I can't open my email or send or receive messages.
Dear vinegar: o Javi, as you prefer, your article that was linked to me by the forum was very good, but it is not my problem, I see it perfectly in the .pps the issue is that when I record a P.Point file, it records it for me like .ppt and not like .pps, I don't know why or how to do it. If you can help me, thank you very much. Elhugo
Interesting article, I just have to add that the viewer is free but not PowerPoint on which it rests that if it is paid and without which it would not work. It went without saying how the pps are created: simply when saving, choose Save as then "Save as type" and there search for * .pps and OK.
I HAVE INSTALLED THE POWER POINT 2007 AND I CANNOT OPEN THE .PPS
PUTS ME IN FILE TYPE POWER POINT SLIDE SHOW. I GIVE IT TO OPEN AND I SAVE IT IN:….
I KEEP IT ON THE DESK AND WHEN I WANT TO OPEN IT, NOTHING IS LIKE IT OTHERWISE I WILL PUNCH IT, NOTHING IS OPENED
I WAIT AN ANSWER TO MY MAIL IF IT CAN BE
THANK YOU
Ismael your problem is that you will have lost the association of the porwerpoint with the pps files. You can do two things: reinstall PowerPoint 2007 or install the viewer that I recommend.
I've already reinstalled it and you're welcome. Likewise. when I open it, it loads and it comes out save in ... I save it and when I click it to open it, it's as if I don't give it, nothing comes out.
In properties, the file type appears power point slide show.
what is that? and why does it come out? and how do i change it? because before that guy did not go out.
thanks to all!!!!!! And on top of that, my mail is filling up and they are telling me that I have to see them because they are great
Ismael, have you tried the viewer that I recommend on this page? is free.
i have microsoft office powerpoint viewer 2007. i have it installed. but when I want to open an email that has a .pps file, I click open and it is as if it didn't click, it didn't do anything at all. I have uninstalled and reinstalled it but nothing at all
please help !!!
I can only think that your antivirus (if you have it) considers those pps files as dangerous and does not let them open. Try to disconnect it and see how it works, but remember to activate it again later.
I HAVE FIX IT. WHAT I HAVE DONE IS RESTORE SYSTEM.
AFTER I USE THE GLARY UTILITIES, THE TUNEUP AND EVERYONE I HAVE AND NOW IF I CAN SEE.
I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND FORGIVE FOR THE ANNOYANCE.
I HAVE LEFT A COMMENT ABOUT HACKING THE PS3, IF YOU LIKE IT.
I do not see the pps files I have the viewer installed and I have restored the system, I have read Ismael's comment and I wanted to know what is that about glary utilities, the tuneup and to know if you can help me with something to see the pps.
Hello, I have a problem with the power point, it won't let me open it, I have it installed but when I go to start and give it, I get like I have to go to a folder, someone can help me I would appreciate it a lot, add me to msn and tell me xxxxx
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Hello good day! Put together a power point file that I want to forward by mail and keep it in pps format, I don't know how I can do this, if possible I ask someone to help me and tell me ... since at the moment I'm going to save it, and I'm looking to save as pps does not give me the option, Thank you very much! I would also like to thank you for the explanation provided above, it is very good! 🙂
Greetings, how do I save a file as pps in power point 2007, when I say "Save as", pps does not appear
Hello! I want to know how I pass a power point by mail!
Since I do it, I can't because it tells me that the file is not fully loaded or something like that.
I don't know if I have to change the format.!
Please if you can help! haha
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Hello, my question regarding the pps is the following. When I open my hotmail and I don't select "remember my data on this computer", I can only save or cancel the pps, not open it. But if I select "remember my data on this computer" I can open it. Is there any way to configure them to be able to open them from the mail without checking "remember my data on this computer"? .-
From already thank you very much!!!
I would like to install the pps file, they sent me msn with that file and I can't open it
vinegar I hope you will help me, I have the powerpointviewer viewer installed but the files that I want to open in pps format all open with word winword to be more exact and in the end I cannot see anything, how can I do so I can open them with the viewer I hope help me thanks
Hello, about two days ago I was able to view the pps that they sent me but not now, I downloaded the powerpoint2007 and now I can only view them from the desktop from my mailbox is impossible
does anyone know what's up? the truth is that it drives me crazy
For the first time I am going to post but seeing the difficulties they have with something simple motivated me to do it, to open a file with a .pps extension (a presentation) if you intend to modify it, just change the extension to .ppt and you can modify it with power point.
I really liked your information and it is very interesting.
Thanks for your comments they will help me a lot ...
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In truth this site is this excellent! Given that its content is explanatory and understandable for newbies like me.
Maybe someone can help me, the only thing I want is to change a pps file to ppt e.g .:
I have a file called images.pps and I want it to be images.ppt. If I rename as they advise me, some only change the name but not the extension. What I do?
for all those who cannot see pps in sight.
Instead of using powerpoint 2007, I downloaded 2003 and it has been a holy hand, installing and working without doing anything else. I was already desperate to try things and this has worked for me, I hope it helps you
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Regards .
Look, I have a problem. I have been able to read the files that contain pps but now it is only downloaded with bitcomet and the files are going to be downloaded and I don't know how? I can do to read them directly if you have a solution, there you have my messenger
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thanks for your help it is very useful, thank you for this wonderful work of yours
Hello Vinegar, looking for the solution to a problem with pps's I saw your article here and it seems excellent. Hopefully you can help me with this: I have a large file with pps files but I need to see their content (without opening them, only the first slide) from the windows explorer or from some other program to see which ones belong to the same topic and join them in a single file . With ppsx files there is no problem, its content is automatically seen in the windows browser, but not with pps. Thanks in advance for your help.
Hello, good night, visit your article and I would like to know if you can help me with a little problem. I cannot open my pps files because it tells me that it is not a valid extension with win32. I have installed office 2007 and powerpoimt but when I open my mail it does not open I have windows vista starter. They opened me perfectly but from one day to the next I could open it more in fact, I uninstalled the office and I reinstalled it but I don't know what to do anymore, please, if you have a solution, please, I thank you.
Someone could advise me if the power point 2003 viewer is compatible with the vista, the 2007 and the most recent it seems to me windows 7.
another some program or form to make burning a self-executable pps file that is efficient and fast.
something that makes it practical to open pps slides directly without popping out dialog boxes.
thank you very much
I want to know if the power point viewers are compatible in the versions 2003 2007 vista and the new windows 7 thanks for writing thanks
I have Power Point 2007 and Power Point Viewer, and I don't know why now I can't open the files with the .pps and .ppsx extension that come to me by mail, it tells me that I have to associate a program, I do it but it doesn't recognize it. If I save the file as an attachment if I can open it
The problem I have is that it opens the power point with 2007, but the sound is not heard.
I have Vista and Office 2007 installed.
Relief
I can't open the pps files that come to my outlook express. I have the power point installed. I want to open them automatically. what should i do
The same thing happens to me, I can't open those pages.
If someone can help me with the following: I have 3 different presentations in power point.ppsx (office 2007), at the same time I have a multi-monitor card for 3 screens on the same cpu. I open in PowerPoint one by one and at the same time I send them to each of the monitors. The problem is that at the beginning if they run and they are seen in the three monitors, but only one remains active where the mouse is clicked and the other screens do not continue running, they remain static, and the presentation must be clicked if you want that keep running on the monitor you want, I hope I have explained
I am not able to change the extension pps to ppt, to extract images from a pps.
I hope someone can clarify it for me.
Hello, I just bought a computer with Windows 7 and I have installed the 2003 office where I have the power point program but when I receive the emails in pps format I cannot open them, it tells me that I do not have any program that can open the file, I have downloaded the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Viewer program and I still cannot see the files.
But if I save the file and change the format to ppt I can see it.
I have looked in the control panel, associate a file type to a default program and I find that I do not have the pps extension, how can I fix it so that I do not have to save the files and change the extension.
Thank you.
Thanks to Jesusin's comment and after a week of trying various help programs, it was effective for me to install the 2003 power point, holy hand, he says, that's right, thanks again
I really appreciate that you have taken the trouble to inform those of us who know little or nothing about this. It has been a great help to me. Thanks!
Thank you very much for explaining things as God intended. My problem is that I have created a presentation in POWER POINT and I have managed to send it by mail, but when I open it the program opens and does not run the presentation, if not it lets me modify it, I don't know how to save it so that I don't open it for modify, but pass it like a movie.
I would appreciate any contribution.
ps the program is PP 2003
Thank you
I have a problem, I have managed to mount a pps with several photographs, but I cannot find it to adjust the size, also after saving it and when I reopen it it does not run the presentation but rather I open it to modify, as I have to do to pass it normally as a pps.
My system is Windows 7
Please, I would appreciate basic explanations, my computer skills are not very advanced. Thank you
Dear vinegar, I follow your pages, and I love that you solve our doubts, so far nothing has ever happened to me, but 2 days ago a friend took me off a music program, and I also took off a lot of updates from widows, according to the they did not work and the computer I was going very slow, because after a while I couldn't open my emails, WIDOWS tells me that I need to power us and what else, some microsof to open it, vinegar tell me how I solve it, my friend went on a trip, I downloaded the msn plus live that I had, or how I fix it seems to be that I delete some update, since then the emails have not opened, very grateful,
how to upload pps to powerpoint
I can't open the power point files that hotmail reaches me. How to solve the problem? Thanks in advance.
HELLO!! friend I would like you to help me, I want to convert a slide show file to ppt to be able to modify the presentation,
Thank you
Thank you very much, your information was very useful and very accurate.
I have a problem since I have outlook, because I do not get the option to open or save in the mail (as before outlook, in
Then I open it and the download goes to the downloads folder, and I have to be eliminating so that they do not weigh (I used to ... open. I saw it and it stayed in the mail and I do not ask for more (and if I want to save it I It was saved as (. not now) I see them but I am going to download them to the downloads folder (a roll from outlook