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[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/software/puppy/PETget/tonicpoint.pet
3. To see powerpoint files just run it with /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint

That's it!

THIS IS JUST A VIEWER

[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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[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....

[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. So now I won't have to tell them anymore. cheers,bill

[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.

[tedward]

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

[rodrigt]

[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.

[HairyWill]

[rodrigt]

[muggins]

rodrigt,

first I'd make sure java installed properly. If you enter java, you shouldn't get command not found.

Then, assuming you've saved tonicpoint.jar to /usr/local/bin, open Rox filer to that location & drag tonicpoint.jar onto the desktop. Then right-click on tonicpoint & select Set Run Action....

Then, instead of trying to drag java onto the popup, where it says Enter a shell command, enter the following:

[Mon1018]

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

[rodrigt]

Muggins, Thanks again I'm almost there!

Believing that I have folowed your prior message instructions precisely, when downloading a Powerpoint attachment from an email I now get the option to "Open it with /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint.pet", I select this option, the file downloads into: Index of file: ///tmp/ - But then what? How do I open the .ppt file to view the contents?

Being used to Windows, where one double-clicks on a file, or starts an application and then opens the file... In the /tmp/ folder I right-clicked on the .pps file, 'open in another window', found /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint but nothing happened. Tried dragging the .pps file onto the tonicpet icon on the desktop and nothing. What am I missing?
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Sharing the learning curve with other newbies:
See: www.puppylinux.com/development/package-management.htm - Excerpts:
-- A- ... However, a PET package can also be 'unofficial'... The ROX-Filer file manager understands any file that ends with '.pet' and if you click on it then ROX-Filer will launch PETget.
---> Comment - Somehow this doesn't work on my Puppy, clicking or double clicking on a pet simply does nothing on my system. I kept trying this for the java Pet I had downloaded and could not get it installed - read on.

-- B- ... so does SeaMonkey, the web browser. Click on any ".pet" file on a webpage and SeaMonkey will offer to either download it or immediately open it in PETget.
---> Ah, this worked! However, make sure you have previously installed the dotpuphandler mentioned above by Muggins.

[rodrigt]

Muggins, Thanks again I'm almost there!

Believing that I have folowed your prior message instructions precisely, when downloading a Powerpoint attachment from an email I now get the option to "Open it with /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint.pet", I select this option, the file downloads into: Index of file: ///tmp/ - But then what? How do I open the .ppt file to view the contents?

Being used to Windows, where one double-clicks on a file, or starts an application and then opens the file... In the /tmp/ folder I right-clicked on the .pps file, 'open in another window', found /usr/local/bin/tonicpoint but nothing happened. Tried dragging the .pps file onto the tonicpet icon on the desktop and nothing. What am I missing?
_________________________________________________-
Sharing the learning curve with other newbies:
See: www.puppylinux.com/development/package-management.htm - Excerpts:
-- A- ... However, a PET package can also be 'unofficial'... The ROX-Filer file manager understands any file that ends with '.pet' and if you click on it then ROX-Filer will launch PETget.
---> Comment - Somehow this doesn't work on my Puppy (Dingo 4), clicking or double clicking on a pet simply does nothing on my system. I kept trying this for the java Pet I had downloaded and could not get it installed - read on.

-- B- ... so does SeaMonkey, the web browser. Click on any ".pet" file on a webpage and SeaMonkey will offer to either download it or immediately open it in PETget.
---> Ah, this worked! However, make sure you have previously installed the dotpuphandler mentioned above by Muggins (for Dingo 4).

[muggins]

Rodrigt,

I think you can download the powerpoint file somewhere, then right-click it, select Set Run Action..., and where in the field where it says Enter shell command, enter tonicpoint "$1".

Or, when you first try & download a powerpoint file, if you left-click the link, usually Mozilla offers the option Open it with.... If you select this option, then select Choose, then change directory to /usr/local/bin & pick tonicpoint, then mozilla should open these files using tonicpoint.

Mon1018,

maybe someone can do a puppy powerpoint HowTo...but not me. I loathe powerpoint presentations & I'm thinking of starting the powerpoint liberation front! As I mentioned in another thread, those that can't do, teach. And those that can't teach, powerpoint!

Seriously, another option, besides tonicpoint or OpenOffice Impress, is to use a windows freeware viewer using wine.