You have received a PowerPoint presentation from a colleague, but it happens to be in ppsx or slideshow format. This can be frustrating if you need to edit the file but all it keeps doing is play the presentation slide deck.
How to convert a PowerPoint slideshow (ppsx) into an editable PowerPoint presentation (pptx)
What is a .ppsx or PowerPoint Slideshow file
Sometimes we choose to Save a power point presentation file As a Slideshow file type to provide someone with a non-editable version of a slideshow that they can just open and play.
Such a file is called a PowerPoint Slideshow file and has a .ppsx extension to it. This ppsx file can be modified if you know how (keep reading). It can get frustrating when the slideshow just starts playing whether you double-click to open, or right-click to Open With.
You will need Microsoft PowerPoint. Follow the instructions below that should work for both windows and Mac.
Open PowerPoint and create a new blank document
Insert the ppsx slides from other Presentation
From the top menu bar, go to Insert, slides from, and click on other presentation. In windows, you may need to insert the ppsx presentation as an “object” to your new blank slide.
From the dialogue box, find the ppsx file that you want to convert to pptx. Note in the screenshot how the file extension is ppsx.
View and edit the presentation
After completing step 2, you should be able to see all the slides from the ppsx file in your new pptx file. In windows, if you inserted the ppsx as an object, then right-click on its icon and click on “edit”. The entire presentation should open in an editable format as shown.
Save the ppsx As pptx
After making your edits, you can go to Save As and select the file type as pptx. This will keep the slide file editable for future usage.
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