- presentation with ppsx extension - rename to pptx - open > still opens in presentation mode > unable to edit I have received and ppsx presentation. Analogue to pps it will open automatically in presentation mode. Now the trick with pps was (what I understood) that one can simply rename that to ppt, so that it can be opened and edited. However, renaming ppsx to pptx does not do that trick.
btw: checked in LO 3.3.x and 3.4.x Same there. So prolly something that hasn't been implemented yet in the filter ?
Same here. Checked in 3.5.0.
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bug 49873 is a duplicate too
Looks as if the behaviour is improved. In any case: - I take a .pps file. - rename to .ppt > it opens fine in 3.6.3 and 4.0Alpha1 Can the others in cc pls check and give their results :-) thanks
Tested with Ubuntu 12.10 Dutch; LibreOffice 3.6.2.2 (Build-id: 360m1(Build:2)). I created a simple .pps file and saved it to my desktop: double click on it -> autoplay and can't edit it. Then I renamed the file to a .ppt file: double click -> editor. That's the correct behavior. When I save a new test file to .ppsx: double click on it -> NO autoplay. The editor window appears. This is a bug? When I rename the .ppsx file to a .ppt file I get the following error (translated): The file 'test.ppt' is damaged and can't be opened. LibreOffice can try to repair the file. The damaging could be the result of a manipulation of the document or the structural damage of the document during the data transmission. Bla Bla Bla. Must LibreOffice repair the file? When I click on yes I got the message (translated): Incompatible version. The file has got the wrong version. Same happens when I download another .ppsx file from another bug (just random search on freedesktop. For example the attached file of https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56765) Kind regards, Joren
Addition information: The .ppsx file download from https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56765 starts correct with autoplay (=not editable). When I rename that file to .ppt, the same error occur as I described in comment 7.
I opened a new bug https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57703 (.ppsx file created with LibreOffice doesn't Autoplay)
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(why are some reporters so modest that they don't add bugs to MAB's ...)
A simple work around is to use the -convert-to option of libre office. libreoffice -convert-to ppt doc.ppsx give you a doc.ppt fully editable
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Comment #1 states that it probably newer worked => removing the regression keyword and bibisectrequest flag. Also I move it to 3.6 MABs which are the olders supported. Note that it is MAB only if the problem is in the filter detection. If we need to do some UI or another bigger changes, we should remove it from MABs and track it a feature request.
Hi Peter, As per comment #6 and comment #7 the opening/editing of a pps by renaming to ppt does work again. So the regression part (what was in the summary with " AND pps " ) indeed is solved. Changing summary accoringly (should have done that before..) . I guess it's problem of the filter, so that valids for MAB listing.
I published a patch on Gerrit: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/4827 I removed the Code that closed Impress after closing the Presentation. So it is now possible to edit these presentations, even without renaming etc.
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I add an usability guy into CC. I am not sure if we really want to keep the document opened for edition on closing. I guess that the autoplay files are used by speakers that do not want to be interrupted by the LO UI at all. Another solution would be to fix the opening more: + use autoplay only for files that are opened using the command line or by clicking the document on the desktop. It means the default action => autoplay for this file type + use edit mode when you open the presentation using the "File/Open" dialog in running office. It means that you are already in the LibreOffice editor mode and you probably want to edit it. See also http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/04/how-to-edit-powerpoint-show-pps-or-ppsx.html
I submitted a new patch which has this behavior: If the presentation is played until the end, Impress will be closed. If the presentation is cancelled (ESC or Context Menu), the editor window is shown and you can edit the presentation.
(In reply to comment #20) > I submitted a new patch which has this behavior: > > If the presentation is played until the end, Impress will be closed. > If the presentation is cancelled (ESC or Context Menu), the editor window is > shown and you can edit the presentation. Thank you very much! But, to prevent confusion with people used to MS PowerPoint, I personally would prefer the behavior described in the comment 19. I.e.: - When I double-click a PPS(X) in Win explorer, I want it to "play back" the presentation and close at the end or if I cancel it preliminarily with ESC, etc. (E.g. if I opened a wrong presentation.) - When I need to edit a PPS(X), I open it from within LO. Thank you!
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=b8608fddf09bc243af63f3721443f518138f9be0 fdo#45233 Allow editing pps/ppsx Autoplay Presentations The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-1": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=38f11fdb08249a6cf7140ee74016cd69f28e289a&h=libreoffice-4-1 fdo#45233 Allow editing pps/ppsx Autoplay Presentations It will be available in LibreOffice 4.1.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
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I just got bitten by this, so to give some more explanations: when opening a .ppsx file, Libreoffice will automatically start the show in full screen, or exit at the end or when escape is pressed. If you want to edit it, trying to press escape or exit fullscreen mode will all close Libreoffice. Renaming the file to .pptx or .ppt will not work either. The only way that worked for me is to click "End presentation" as mentioned here http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=b8608fddf09bc243af63f3721443f518138f9be0 and the information I was missing is that this menu item is in the context menu that you can obtain by **right-clicking on the slides during the slideshow**.
Sorry, the way that works is to click "Edit presentation", not "End presentation" (which also exits).
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