Hello there,

I'm having a little trouble opening up a couple of .pps files that
have been emailed to me.

If I download the files to my computer, then double click them to
open, I get a message: "Powerpoint can't read C:\...\xyz.pps"

If I open up my version of Powerpoint, and do File...Open... I get
"Powerpoint can't open the type of file represented by xyz.pps"

Reading around on the Internet, I tried to download Powerpoint Viewer
2003. Using that to open the files, I get "Powerpoint viewer cannot
open the file xyz.pps".

I then tried Powerpoint Viewer 2007, and I get the same error message
as above.

I even thought I'd give OpenOffice Impress a go. When I try to open
one of the .pps files, I get a "Filter Selection" list, and whatever I
seem to choose it tells me "General Error: General Input/Output
Error".

I've been assured that the two files were all fine when they left the
person who emailed them to me!

I'm on Windows XP SP2, using Microsoft Office 2002. (Yes, it's old, I
know.)

Thanks in advance for any help.