PPS files are slideshows that have been created by the PowerPoint application, which is in turn part of the Office suite of productivity applications from Microsoft Corporation. PPS files are meant to be non-editable files that contain just the slideshow and can be opened by either PowerPoint or PowerPoint viewer. Current versions (since 2007) are saved as PPSX files.
Open PPS File on Windows OS
- Look for an PPS file you need to open in Windows Explorer and double-click on it
- If the file doesn’t open automatically and you see a “Windows can’t open a file” message then you should search for a program which can open PPS file
- If you have a program which can open PPS file installed on your computer then launch that program and select “File” and then “Open” or similar options from its menu to open the PPS file
- If you don’t have the program installed then you need to try searching for “PPS wiki”, “how to open PPS file” in the search engine.
- Once you find the application, install it on your computer
- After the program is installed double-click on the PPS file to open it
File extensions are used by Windows operating system to specify what kind of information is stored in the file. Every file in Windows OS needs to have file extension and file extensions are used by Windows to determine which application it should use to open the file. Every application installed on Windows OS places information about which extensions it could open into the Windows registry and Windows uses this information to determine which application it should launch when user double-clicks on the file. If application which can open PPS file is not installed, then Windows will show ‘Windows can’t open PPS file’ message and buttons to either select an application on the computer which can open the file or to search the web for the application which can open PPS file.