Re: [office] auto-play presentation file format like PPS

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Hi Mingfei,

I think a PPS file is identical to a
PPT file inside.  The only difference is in the file extension.  This
tells the application to run PowerPoint directly in play mode rather than
edit mode.

If we want to have the same behavior
we could do this as a file extension, or as a boolean flag in the document.

Looking at Microsoft support notes like
:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326736
it appears that their file extension approach has caused Microsoft some
problems.

So I wonder if a flag in the XML would
be a better solution?

-Rob

Ming Fei Jia <jiamingf@cn.ibm.com>

03/17/2008 05:47 AM

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Subject	[office] auto-play presentation file format like PPS

Dear TC members,

I can not find the definition in ODF 1.2 draft 6 about auto-play presentation
file format,just like Microsoft PPS format. If we really have not defined
it yet, I propose to define it in ODF 1.2 since the requirement of presentation
auto-play is obvious for many users. We need to discuss the feasiblity
and the solution in this loop. The contents can be:
(1) The extension name of auto-play presentation file format, e.g. ODPP
or anything that makes sense;
(2) The auto-play presentation file wraps .odp file as an auto-play file
when user double-click on the file;
(3) XML schema definition for the auto-play presentation file if any;
(4) Explanation for the implementation in vendor products.
......

Welcome any comments!


Best Regards,

Mingfei Jia(¼ÖÃ÷·É)
IBM Lotus Symphony Development
IBM China Software Development LAB, Beijing
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