# saving and seeing a  .pps file

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-and-seeing-a-pps-file/46996>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-and-seeing-a-pps-file/46996 "2000-12-23T15:53:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-and-seeing-a-pps-file/46996/1 "2000-12-23T15:53:59Z")

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I got an e-mail from a friend. It has an attachment (.pps) to see, but I can’t open it. Where do I save it and as what so I can look at it?

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**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-and-seeing-a-pps-file/46996/2 "2000-12-23T16:08:14Z")

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I think a .pps extention means it’s a PowerPoint file. If you don’t have Microsoft Office, you can download a free PowerPoint viewer from the Microsoft site: [http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office/98/updates/powerpoint98\_viewer/default.asp](http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office/98/updates/powerpoint98_viewer/default.asp)

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-and-seeing-a-pps-file/46996/3 "2000-12-23T16:10:16Z")

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[How can I open a .pps file?](http://www.csauto.com/ask/CatsDetail.asp?ID=4243)

I hope that’s the right one; there are dissimilar file types out there that share identical extensions.