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    • ObsolesceO
      Obsolesce @1337
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      @pete-s said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

      @obsolesce Change the file extension to .ppsx

      Or do what sane people do, convert powerpoint presentations to pdf and run them like that in full screen. It's better, faster and more portable. Just have to remove ridiculous bullet point animations and similar nonsense that shouldn't be used in the first place.

      I don't touch the powerpoint presentation at all, and I do not want to. Other people compile them in MS Powerpoint, all I do is automate the process of copying the file from the location they store it in, to the numerous "signs" to always have displaying the presentation.

      It was working great with everything running Windows and everyone and all signs using MS PowerPoint.

      Now, the Win10 home "intel sticks" for ALL of the signs no long do the automatic login to automatically run the presentations.

      So i thought it was time to go to linux on those, becasue the whole thing is way easier and more reliable.

      Now the problem is that LibreOffice, OpenOffice, FreeOffice, etc. either do not load the PowerPoint presentation 100%, or no CLI to automate things.

      The only other option is to upgrade all the Intel Sticks to Win10 PRO if I can't get FreeOffice to automate, or can't get LibreOffice to load the PPTX file 100%.

      What does changing the file extension to .ppsx do? Would that get the slide transition timers to load correctly?

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        1337 @Obsolesce
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        @obsolesce

        PPSX Versus PPTX

        When a user double-clicks a PPTX file, PowerPoint opens in edit mode and allows the user to edit the slideshow. When a user double-clicks a PPSX file, he only sees a slide show. PowerPoint does not display its user interface. PPTX and PPSX files are similar enough, that you can swap the letters "T" an "S" in their file names and they will work.

        Assuming FreeOffice is compatible with Powerpoint is should work the same.

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        • black3dynamiteB
          black3dynamite
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          Have you already tried WPS Office?
          https://www.wps.com

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          • ObsolesceO
            Obsolesce @black3dynamite
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            @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

            Have you already tried WPS Office?
            https://www.wps.com

            I have not. Does it have CLI capabilities?

            Maybe I'll give it a try next week when I get back.

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite @Obsolesce
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              @obsolesce said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

              @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

              Have you already tried WPS Office?
              https://www.wps.com

              I have not. Does it have CLI capabilities?

              Maybe I'll give it a try next week when I get back.

              Tried it on Deepin and it doesn't have cli options too.

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              • dbeatoD
                dbeato @black3dynamite
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                @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                @obsolesce said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                Have you already tried WPS Office?
                https://www.wps.com

                I have not. Does it have CLI capabilities?

                Maybe I'll give it a try next week when I get back.

                Tried it on Deepin and it doesn't have cli options too.

                WPS Cli are the following:

                wps- for Writer
                wpp-for Presentation
                et-for Spreadsheet

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                • black3dynamiteB
                  black3dynamite @dbeato
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                  @dbeato said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                  @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                  @obsolesce said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                  @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                  Have you already tried WPS Office?
                  https://www.wps.com

                  I have not. Does it have CLI capabilities?

                  Maybe I'll give it a try next week when I get back.

                  Tried it on Deepin and it doesn't have cli options too.

                  WPS Cli are the following:

                  wps- for Writer
                  wpp-for Presentation
                  et-for Spreadsheet

                  But there are no others options like what LibreOffice provides.
                  soffice --show --invisible --norestore /home/user/Desktop/presentation.pptx

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                  • dbeatoD
                    dbeato @black3dynamite
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                    @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                    @dbeato said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                    @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                    @obsolesce said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                    @black3dynamite said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                    Have you already tried WPS Office?
                    https://www.wps.com

                    I have not. Does it have CLI capabilities?

                    Maybe I'll give it a try next week when I get back.

                    Tried it on Deepin and it doesn't have cli options too.

                    WPS Cli are the following:

                    wps- for Writer
                    wpp-for Presentation
                    et-for Spreadsheet

                    But there are no others options like what LibreOffice provides.
                    soffice --show --invisible --norestore /home/user/Desktop/presentation.pptx

                    Probably not.

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                    • ObsolesceO
                      Obsolesce
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                      Their support told me to try this:
                      presentations18free -sFILENAME.pptx

                      But I won't be able to for a couple days. Can anyone confirm if it will work? Sticking a -s in front of the file name?

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                      • TonyKnobelT
                        TonyKnobel @Obsolesce
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                        @obsolesce That worked for me

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                        • ObsolesceO
                          Obsolesce @TonyKnobel
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                          @tonyknobel said in FreeOffice Command Line Options?:

                          @obsolesce That worked for me

                          Awesome I'll see how it plays out in my scenario when I get back. Good to know, thanks!

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                          • ObsolesceO
                            Obsolesce
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                            I tried it today...

                            It tries to do something, but crashes without error.

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