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[Elian Degen J.]

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.
> >
>
>