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7 Replies Last post: Jun 3, 2004 5:28 AM by drmbb  
Click to view bill_smith's profile New Member 31 posts since
Jun 1, 2004
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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.
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Click to view drmbb's profile Old Hand 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.
Click to view charlieartist's profile Member 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...
Click to view d00d's profile Macworld Editorial 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?
Click to view d00d's profile Macworld Editorial 12,136 posts since
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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.
Click to view drmbb's profile Old Hand 2,353 posts since
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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).