Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Open pps as ppt

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 2011/02/12 12:10 PM  Mihai Dobrescu wrote:
>
> > I do believe this is a bug.
> > It must be possible to open a pps in edit mode. Without renaming it.
> I just did some comparison testing:
>
>   LibreOffice 3.3.1 – Automatically plays .pps and closes it when it is
> finished playing
>   PowerPoint (MS Office for Macs 2011) – Automatically plays .pps and
> closes it when it is
>   finished playing
>   OOo 3.3 – Opens a .pps in edit mode. Have to select play. Exits play to
> edit mode.
>   Keynote (iWork '08) – Opens a .pps in edit mode. Have to select play.
> Exits play to edit mode.
>
> The LibreOffice developers have successfully emulated the behaviour of
> PowerPoint.
> If that emulation is desirable is another question.
>
> Larry
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BTW, if I remember well, last time I have used MS Office, it could open a
.pps and enter in edit mode after.

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