Bug#563756: /usr/bin/ooimpress: ..Microsoft Powerpoint chainmail hijacks ooimpress, crossflatform virus?
retitle 563756 opening .pps in a window impossible
severity 563756 wishlist
tag 563756 + wontfix
forcemerge 548959 563756
thanks
Hi,
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:35:17AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> ..pass, I ditched Microsoft Wintendo 95 on 26 re-installs 12 years
> ago that cost me 2 years research data on thermochemical gasification,
> so I moved on to SuSE 5.2, and, I got /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps from
> what initially looked like a buddy's happy-new-year mail to me and a
> bunch of people, and then, like some kinda cross-platform virus.
No, that's most probably just a some new year stuff in a autoplay
ppt. (As I get too and just ignore)
> > > (No, playing the presentation and quitting, which is the point of
> > > pps doesn't make it do that).
>
> ..I lost you totally here: I am not aware of any mail going out
> from my box, nor from ooimpress, I got the very firm impression
Aha, OK.
> /tmp/Om\ penger\ -\ NO.pps had managed to deny me control over
> ooimpress on my damned box.
You should think more before thinking of viruses, really.
(Especially what a pps is)
> > > > ...I found _no_ way of windowing or closing the chainmail
> > > > without also killing ooimpress. Anyone else wanna try it?:
> > >
> > > Then you didn't try (or look) hard enough. pps is just a ppt +
> > > autoplay. (So as said in 548959 a mv just does it)
>
> ..huh? Am I, by OOo design policy, not _supposed_
> to run a pps file in ooimpress in e.g. a window???
mv foo.pps foo.ppt.
The point of pps is to autoplay. As said, a pps is nothing elese
than a autoplayed ppt. Complain to M$ for this "invention".
PowerPoint AFAIR (last used it years ago...) also shows the pps and quits.
(Didn't try, but doesn't really matter at all).
Grüße/Regards,
Rene
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