PPT97: Presentations Do Not Open with Web Browser

When you view a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document in a Web browser and click a hyperlink that references a PowerPoint Presentation, the presentation does not open.

NOTE: PowerPoint 97 presentations always open up in Slide show mode, when you open them in a Web browser. To edit the presentation in a Web browser, point to Edit, and then click Edit Slides.

This behavior only occurs when the Browse in same window check box for the Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations file type is not selected in Microsoft Windows Explorer.

Select the Browse in same window check box.

To do this in Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT 4, follow these steps.

NOTE: In Windows NT 4, you must have the Windows Desktop Update installed for the Browse in same window check box to be available.

1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
2. On the View menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
3. Click the File Types tab.
4. In the Registered file types list, click to select Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation.
5. Click Edit.
6. Click to select the Browse in same window check box. Then, click OK twice.

To do this in Windows 2000, follow these steps:

1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
3. Click the File Types tab.
4. In the Registered file types list, click to select Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation, and then click Advanced.
5. Click to select the Browse in same window check box. Then, click OK twice.

You can also open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
2. In the Open box, type the path and file name of the file you want to open.
   
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   Click Browse and select the file you want to open.
3. Click Open.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For more information about the Browse in same window check box, click the article numbers below to view the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: