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7 Replies Last post: Jun 3, 2004 5:28 AM by drmbb

bill_smith

31 posts since
Jun 1, 2004

Jun 1, 2004 10:37 AM

gzipped powerpoint file

I downloaded a .gz file from a los alamos conference and the presentations are all .gz files (postscript I think?). When I double-click, the unzipped file is not readable. I tried a few web sites for unzipping gzipped software on a Mac OSX and am so far unlucky. Thanks folks.

drmbb

2,353 posts since
Jun 14, 2001

1. Jun 1, 2004 10:54 AM

in response to: bill_smith

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

That sounds like a corrupted download to me. Double clicking was all you should have had to do, then stuffit would have ungzipped the file. I'd try re-downloading the original file again.

charlieartist

437 posts since
May 8, 2004

2. Jun 1, 2004 4:05 PM

in response to: drmbb

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

Sometimes I get compressed files that also don't open via double-clicking. Usually, though, if I lauch StuffIt and open it from within the application, it works.

Another thing to try--sometimes I can get troublesome files to work by e-mailing them back to myself. Don't ask me why, but running it through the mail/internet regimen seems to do the trick...

Hope this helps...

bill_smith

31 posts since
Jun 1, 2004

3. Jun 2, 2004 9:44 AM

in response to: charlieartist

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

Thanks for the suggestions. Have tried both ideas: emailing to myself and downloading again. Do I need Stuffit Deluxe? I note that the unzipped file icon is a blank icon devoid of any application id?

d00d

12,136 posts since
Apr 24, 2001

4. Jun 2, 2004 10:37 AM

in response to: bill_smith

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

Find Stuffit Expander on your hard drive. Drag and drop the file onto its icon. Did that force Stuffit to expand it?

bill_smith

31 posts since
Jun 1, 2004

5. Jun 2, 2004 8:00 PM

in response to: d00d

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

I have tried all of the previous suggestions and I just get a 'no-name' .ps icon that opens in MS Word with the text %! in the document when I double-click on it.

d00d

12,136 posts since
Apr 24, 2001

6. Jun 2, 2004 8:24 PM

in response to: bill_smith

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

If they end up with a .ps ending, they're postscript files, not powerpoint files. If you have Panther, try opening them with Preview. If you're sure they're really Powerpoint files (which should end in .pps or .ppt), then change the ending and try opening with Powerpoint. However, it really sounds like they're postscript files.

drmbb

2,353 posts since
Jun 14, 2001

7. Jun 3, 2004 5:28 AM

in response to: bill_smith

Re: gzipped powerpoint file

Still sounds like the source file is corrupted or incomplete to me. If they are supposed to be postscript files, and in word all you saw was "%!" then they are empty. A normal postscript file opened as a text file in any editor should have a lot more text in it than that (that's just the start of the first header).

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