password protected ppts

[sanjay_ankur]

i have some password protected MS PPT files (and the passwords obviously) which i need to view on fedora 8.. the presentation viewer gives some error saying encrypted files not supported.. is there any way to view these or do i have to restart in vista??(which i hate doing)???

[Nokia]

1.Reboot in Windows and remove those passwords when aplicable.

2. Install Office in Wine/Crossover and use it until OpenOffice provides support matching your needs.

[sanjay_ankur]

hmm.. i cant do that... these are slides given by our professor.. not ones that i made... for some reason hes put a password (that evey1 knows).. i need to view them in fedora 8...

[Nokia]

Here's an idea: Install the latest OO beta in windows and check it against the password protected files. If it works, then your troubles are about to be over. If it doesn't work, then consider installing Microsoft's Office in Wine as I already said.

[sanjay_ankur]

Originally Posted by Nokia

Here's an idea: Install the latest OO beta in windows and check it against the password protected files. If it works, then your troubles are about to be over. If it doesn't work, then consider installing Microsoft's Office in Wine as I already said.

means there isnt any presentation viewer for password protected files?? anyway then ill just wait n see of the new OpenOffice has it n keep restarting in vista till then... thanks a lot for the help... please inform me if you do come across a reader...

[Nokia]

Hmm, I think I have another idea:

su -
yum install wine

After you're done with it, search for Microsoft PPS Viewer on the internet and download it.

In the end type

winecfg # A window will open. In there you might select XP as emulated os. Or leave it on 2000. Don't think it'll matter for now. Press OK to close it.

wine name-of-the-file.exe # And Click next...Finish

Then try opening a file with this program, which should be found in Applications-Wine folder.

[sanjay_ankur]

hey... configured it .. how do you use wine ???