DU techies help! Need to download a zipped file off the

[elehhhhna]

company webpage into powerpoint on this laptop(it's a canned ppt presentation I'm giving next week).

WTH do I do? Not kidding. I'm a technical Moran.

Thanks!

[MUAD_DIB]

1. Is there a link to it on the page?

Click on it to try and download it.


On edit: Are you MAC or PC? It really shouldn't matter if the file is on the web page already.

[rufus dog]

2. download the file

when you click on it it should unzip. If not we can walk you through it

[elehhhhna]

3. it unzipped into ms word, not powerpoint.

can I reunzip & direct it to powerpoint somehow?

duh, right?

[rufus dog]

5. try this

put your curser on the file, right click, look for "open with" click on that and pick Powerpoint.

The issue might be you don't have Powerpoint on your computer. If you do have it the process above will work.

[MUAD_DIB]

6. Or... Change the extension to .ppt and then open it in powerpoint.

[elehhhhna]

8. it says it can't open in ppt b/c there's "no text converter"

huh?

(I tried to r click on the zipped file on the desktop, selected ppt, got the above message.)

[MUAD_DIB]

9. Has anybody else used this file?

It could be corrupted, it could have been corrupted on archiving or opening.

Could you send me the link to the website?

[elehhhhna]

10. yes -- and unfort I can't send you the link b/c it's

company only & password protected.

[drm604]

7. Huh?

What is the extension on the unzipped file? If it "unzipped into MS Word" then it must be a word doc of some kind. Either that or it got named with the wrong extension (or your computers file type associations got screwed up somehow).

Can you view it in MS Word or does it look like gibberish?

[elehhhhna]

14. I can click through it -- shows up on windows media player, iirc.

[teamster633]

4. It's either a self-extracting archive...

...in which case, all you have to do is click on it and it will open. Or, you need an unzipping utility. I've used WinZip for years, but there are many others. I'm sure you could find a free utility or you could download an evaluation copy that would be free for a couple of weeks.

[MineralMan]

11. Will the file open in Word?

What version of Word do you have?

Answer that, and I can probably help you.

[elehhhhna]

16. yes & '07

[sharp_stick]

12. A couple more things to try...

I know it's tough to follow a whole bunch of directions from various people but this may give you a clue what you have at least.

Try right clicking the file and look down the list of things available... Do you see one there that says Winzip, or some other form of zip (.rar) anything funky?

Is this file already downloaded onto your harddrive or is it just out on a server somewhere? If you right click and it gives you an option to download, do that and get it onto your hard drive first.

It looks like the file may not be set up as a .ppt (Powerpoint) file.

[drm604]

13. When it opens in Word, is it readable?

Or does it look like gibberish?

[elehhhhna]

15. readable

[drm604]

17. Do you have it saved on disk?

Can you go into file explorer, right click on it, and open with Powerpoint?

[elehhhhna]

19. dang. it says it can't open in ppt viewer b/c it's not a ppt file.

[drm604]

20. Okay. So it's readable in Word but it says that it's not a ppt file?

Then it may be that it's not a ppt file. Are you certain that you're downloading the correct file and that it is supposed to be a ppt file?

Is there a computer person there at work who can help you with this?

[elehhhhna]

21. my boss tomorrow maybe if I can catch him.

THANK YOU so much...I'm making this his problem! No shock to me if corporate has out regional intrant thingie a bit goofed up.

[MineralMan]

25. Then it's definitely not a PowerPoint document.

I'm not sure of the method in Office 2007. In earlier versions, you can click File*Send To*Powerpoint.

Powerpoint will convert headings that are formatted with Word styles as headings into slides, with Heading 1 being the title, and Heading 2 under that as bullet points.

[Jazzgirl]

26. If it's readable in Word then it is NOT a PowerPoint

presentation. It is a Word document. If it was a PP presentation then it would open in PowerPoint unless you didn't have it on your computer or don't have the PP reader on your computer.

[drm604]

18. This may be your best solution.

Are you at work? Who's the person everyone goes to with computer problems? Go to her or him and ask for some help. It's difficult for people who aren't physically present to see exactly what's going on and fix your problem.

[elehhhhna]

22. Thank you so much. I LOVE you DU guys & gals...

especially the propellerheads.

[drm604]

23. I'll take "propellerhead" as a compliment, LOL.

Can I use you as a reference for my job interview tomorrow? (Just joking.)

[elehhhhna]

24. prophead is TOTALLY a compliment. And if you need tips/prep/advice on interviewing

let me know. 20 years in staffing haught me a few things. Not tech stuff, obviously! "Soft" skills vs. software skills, lol.

GOOD LUCK! ASK FOR THE JOB! Interview like it's the best gig in the world...because it just might be.

[drm604]

27. About a month and a half ago I finally found a job.

I posted about it on here and for some reason the thread caught on and and all of the congrats and K&Rs sent it to the front page.

Here I am several weeks later. They lost a contract and the most recent hire, me, was out the door.

So now I'm interviewing again. It's for a company that does internet development. My big problem is that all of my internet development knowledge is self-taught. I've been running an online business for several years and the economic downturn has made it unsustainable.

So all of my knowledge and skills as far as building and running websites is self taught seat of the pants stuff. I use mostly free tools or notepad for my development work. Employers are looking for someone who knows the (expensive) tools they use and can quickly become productive.

I don't know the tools but I *CAN* *QUICKLY* learn them. It's what I've done my whole career and my resume shows it. My problem is convincing people that my degree plus 20+ years of general non-internet IT work plus a few years of self-taught home-based web development is equal to or better than a kid just out of college who does have a few years of industry experience with the tools they use.

Do you understand my problem? Any tips etc. would be GREATLY appreciated. We could do it by PM if you prefer.