I received a .ppsx file last night from a friend. I recognize a .pps file as a PowerPoint file but have never seen a .ppsx file before. I had a feeling that it was a PowerPoint file so I proceeded to open it with my Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. I was smacked with the error message below instead.
PowerPoint can’t read the outline from [file_name].ppsx. No text converter is installed for this file type.
The error occurred because .ppsx files are created using PowerPoint 2007. Unfortunately, the file is not backward compatible. You will either need to ask your friend to re-save it so that it is usable for the 2003 version, or you can try out the hack below.
After searching around I found this tip on how to open a .ppsx file using PowerPoint 2003. All you need to do is to download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. [download here]
You might need to install all high priority Windows Updates for this to work.
After installing the software, right click on the .ppsx file that you want to open. Select Open With and then Microsoft Open XML Converter.
You should be able to open your file now.
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yeah, with the new ‘x’ extension office files, bill gates are making our life difficult
Yea, this is the new file extension from Office 2007. Its in XML format, and the file size is very much smaller. for me, it is the right move as it helps to keep the file size small and easier to port to other applications (since it is in XML and all). Also, I believe this is the future, Office Live, you may not need to install office applications anymore, with Office live, you can create your PPT online, and this xml file format is just to facilitate that.
@ipohchai
LOL. Well, it depends really. It is definitely not backward compatible, unless you install the above compatible plugin. On the other hand, when things are all XML based, you can port from one program to another easily.
@kew
That is true. Web based tools should be very useful. I will be looking forward for that. Thanks for your info.
I really appreciate this, It did my job
Thanks alot
@Dilawar Khan
Welcome. Glad it helped.
Thank you very much for providing me the solution to open the ppsx file. I just downloaded the software as per above suggestions and could easily open the file to complete my assignment.
Thanks again.
Yeah it worked
Thanks, I followed the instructions and it was easy and I got to check out the powepoint…thanks for the help.
Guys/gals, you are most welcome. I am glad it helped.
Nice to see that someone is here to help us in this difficult problem. I am very much thankul for the writer of this article and appreciate it.
thanks a lot, it worked for me…..
I am glad this simple tip was able to help you guys/girls out.
Thanks a lot, this was extremely helpfull!!! It worked perfectly!!