Any small fast PowerPoint viewers for Puppy? (SOLVED)

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#21 Post by Pizzasgood »

That's weird. I had it in /usr/local/bin and ran it with

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java -jar /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint.jar
Are you sure you gave it time to load? I remember it taking a long time when I was testing it without Java and tonicpoint included in the ISO.
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#22 Post by EdFromHouston »

I shut down the computer last night and this morning it started working. I'm using the live cd and I guess java wouldn't load last night because I had my swap file off and was doing a lot of things. It works fine now.

Thanks for the link. This viewer should be a dotpup. It sure better than installing some big program like Open Office or Wine and PPTViewer just to view PPT files.

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#23 Post by john biles »

Hello Pizzasgood,
By accident I discovered that XnView 1.70 Viewer opens Powerpoint docs.
As you know it's available at www.dotpups.de for download.

My brother had an 100Mb Doc from his work and it opened it.
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.

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#24 Post by sintot »

XnView only open images inside the pps

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#25 Post by T_Hobbit »

Anyone has a backup of TonicViewer?
Google buy the company and there's no download page anymore...

Thanks

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#27 Post by Pizzasgood »

Petget, with a .desktop entry for the menus:
http://www.browserloadofcoolness.com/so ... cpoint.pet
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#28 Post by T_Hobbit »

Thank you.

By the way the download link to .jar don't work.

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#29 Post by richard.a »

Pizzasgood wrote:I need it to be set up so you can just click a powerpoint file and see something. From what I understand, he plans to use it as a read-only machine that people with little linux knowledge will use to check email and stuff on, probably in a business environment. They need to be able to read powerpoints that may be attached to their mail, so any fancy conversions need to be transparent so they don't have to mess with funky websites.
Something often overlooked is the excellent free (as in beer) Powerpoint viewer Microsoft have available, and that and the Word and Excel ones (a suite of 3) work magnificently and very fast in WINE.

I've installed them in BSD, SuSE, Linspire, Sun Java Desktop System... wherever...

I know there are people who loathe and detest anything to do with WINE and the running of MS applications. But if the file is going to be opened by the end-user in a Microsoft application, it is only common sense that the creator should make sure it will, in fact open correctly. Often that basic point gets lost on those who demand only open-source.

I also use RealPlayer and Acrobat Viewer to check anything I create to work in them, for that same reason.

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#30 Post by linuxcbon »

Can someone make a HOWTO Powerpoint ?
Progs available, how to install etc ?

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#31 Post by T_Hobbit »

HowTo See Powerpoint files (pps/ppt)

1. Install Java http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Libraries/Jre1.5.0_08.pup
2. Install tonicpoint.pet http://www.browserloadofcoolness.com/so ... cpoint.pet
3. To see powerpoint files just run it with /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint

That's it!

THIS IS JUST A VIEWER

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#32 Post by rodrigt »

Newbie, I just got going with Dingo 4.0. Could someone please tell me where to save these files and how to install them? (I've read the manual, but does not seem to cover programs like this.) Thanks

Tom

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T_Hobbit wrote:HowTo See Powerpoint files (pps/ppt)

1. Install Java http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Libraries/Jre1.5.0_08.pup
2. Install tonicpoint.pet http://www.browserloadofcoolness.com/so ... cpoint.pet
3. To see powerpoint files just run it with /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint

That's it!

THIS IS JUST A VIEWER

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#33 Post by muggins »

Hi rodrigt,

.pups & .pets you just download them somewhere, then click to install. But with pup4 you need to install this to handle .pup files. After you've installed these files, you can drag /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint onto the desktop, right-click it & select Set Run Action..., then set this to java -jar "$@".

I don't know whether the tonicpoint.pet comes with a suitable icon, but if you find one, then you can also right-click & Set Icon....

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seeing .pps files

#34 Post by bill »

Thanks T_Hobbit n' muggins.My pals keep sending .pps files and even though I kept telling them I didn't run bloatware,they persisted. :lol: So now I won't have to tell them anymore. :wink: cheers,bill

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#35 Post by muggins »

Bill,

besides using tonicpoint, or openOffice Impress to view pps files, I think there are a few sites that will do online conversion to .pdf format.

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#36 Post by tedward »

Grateful thanks to T Hobbit & muggins for driving another nail into the Windoze coffin. Tonicviewer works a treat in Puppy 3.01

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#37 Post by rodrigt »

muggins wrote:Hi rodrigt,
.pups & .pets you just download them somewhere, then click to install. But with pup4 you need to install this to handle .pup files. After you've installed these files, you can drag /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint onto the desktop, right-click it & select Set Run Action..., then set this to java -jar "$@".

I don't know whether the tonicpoint.pet comes with a suitable icon, but if you find one, then you can also right-click & Set Icon....
Muggins, Thank you. Being a complete novice I got stuck in a few places and would appreciate further guidance.

1- When I clicked on 'this' I got a half page of symbols I don't recognize, how do I get this to install? Re: [/i], then set this to java -jar "$@". Is the sell command to be entered something like: -jar "$@" ? (two spaces between -jar and "$@"?)

2- When I attempted to install T_Hobbit's Java (jre1.5.o_08.pup) I did not receive any confirmation of successful installation. Having dragged it to the desktop I right-clicked/Set Run Action, accepted the default "$@" shell command and clicked on Use Command... then nothing happened. Should I assume it worked?

3- Same thing happened with T_Hobbit's tonicpoint.pet. And wehere he says "To see powerpoint files just run it with /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint", after my installation attempt tonicpoint did not show up at /usr/local/bin. Thus I believe that I am missing something.

Thanks and I hope your guidance will also be of help to other novices. I've hated MS since Windows 3.1 and I love PuppyLinux. Like Bill, my buddies also send me great jokes in Powerpoint format, but saving them to later open with MS PP Viewer to avoid hidden macros is a pain.

Tom

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#38 Post by muggins »

rodrigt,

1) This is just a browser issue. Right-click on this, then select Save Link Target As.... Then when the .pet is finished downloading, migrate to it's download location, using RoxFiler, and click to install.

2) Regarding T_Hobbit's Java .pup, it probably hasn't installed as, if you're using pup4, you need to install the dotpuphandler.pet first. Step 1).

As an alternative, there are newer versions of java .pets available here or here. I'd still install the dotpuphandler.pet though, as there are still many other packages in .pup form. After you've installed one of these java packages, you can tell whether it's installed correctly by opening a console, (Menu->Utility->Rxvt), and entering java. If you get
the response, command not found, then it hasn't installed properly.

Assuming it did install OK, and you've also installed tonicpoint OK, then you can right click on the tonicpoint.jar file, (or any .jar file), and Set Run Action to java -jar "$@". (I must have made a typo & had two spaces, but it shouldn't matter to running the program).

3) The tonicpoint.pet should install if you just click it. If not, then you can download the .jar file directly from here, and save to /usr/local/bin. You might need to give this file executable permissions by right-clicking & selecting Permissions.

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#39 Post by HairyWill »

muggins wrote:1) This is just a browser issue.
I think it is actually caused by the webserver setting the mime type incorrectly, but as you said the file is still OK.
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#40 Post by rodrigt »

muggins wrote:rodrigt,

2) Regarding T_Hobbit's Java .pup, it probably hasn't installed as, if you're using pup4, you need to install the dotpuphandler.pet first. Step 1).

As an alternative, there are newer versions of java .pets available here or here. I'd still install the dotpuphandler.pet though, as there are still many other packages in .pup form. After you've installed one of these java packages, you can tell whether it's installed correctly by opening a console, (Menu->Utility->Rxvt), and entering java. If you get
the response, command not found, then it hasn't installed properly.
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Muggins, thanks for your time helping me and sorry for being so dense - Switching from decades on Windows has me way back at the bottom of the Puppy learning curve.

I've succeeded with dotpuphandler and downloaded one of the java you suggested (jre-6u10-beta.pet), but in spite of 'rtfm' I'm stuck trying to install it. When I 'right click'/'set run action', attempting to drag java into 'Drop a suitable application here' causes the error message: "This is not a program! Give me an application instead! What am I doing wrong? (I've also looked through PupGet and was surprised to not find any version of java.)

Once I get past this I would hope to be OK with tonicpoint for viewing PowerPoint files - Thank you!
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dotpuphandler - I downloaded into 'Archive', clicked 'Install' (icon on desktop), PetGet Manager, find dotpuphandler, click 'Local' (as it has already been downloaded) and take it to 'Archive'. Make sure it appears within 'Installed packages' in PetGet Manager.

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