Hello Phill .pps is not a picture, pps stands for PowerPoint Show. It should open automatically when you doubleclick it. try that Elian ----- Original Message ----- From: <philromano@attglobal.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, 16 September, 2001 09:09 Subject: Re: viewing jpeg files > Can anyone tell me what is a .pps image file and what can be used to open > it. My brother in law (commander of the 23rd fighter group "The Flying > Tigers") recently sent me some pictures of the past week at Pope AFB, NC. > The are shots of some of their preparations and defense. They would be very > interesting to see but are in this unknown (to me) format. I've replied to > him to give me suggestions for viewing them but as yet he has not responded. > I guess he might be a little busy...... > > If I can open them I'd be happy to share them with any interested parties. I > don't think he'd have sent me anything he didn't want me or anyone else to > see. Piano techs don't have quite that security clearance. > > I leave in two hours for the airport. My flight to NYC and Steinway is at > 3:00 p.m. I hope to learn a lot this week but probably some of it won't be > about pianos. > > Phil Romano > Myrtle Beach, SC > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 1:25 AM > Subject: Re: viewing jpeg files > > > > > > Jim, Robert, > > > > This method works very well. > > > > One further thought: There are a number of other file formats for > pictures > > out there now besides jpeg. Some of these take up a good deal more room > > than a jpeg does, so watch out for files that exceed the capacity of your > > floppy drive (nominally 1.44MB). > > > > Regards. > > > > Horace > > > > > > At 10:45 AM 9/15/2001 -0900, you wrote: > > >Hi Robert: > > > > > >A good way to view jpeg files is to save them to your A: drive. Then > > >while in your net browser, delete any URL address there and type > > >in A:\ and press ENTER. > > > > > >This will give you a directory of the files on your A: Drive. Click on > > >any of those jpg files and you will immediately see the picture. The > > >browser makes a good viewer. Also, this way you do not clutter up your > > >hard drive. > > > > > >Jim Coleman, Sr. > > > >
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