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teddybaker - Jan 4, 2007 - 6:17 am

I am having trouble downloading powerpoint presentations from my uni web site, I am currently on Mac OS X tiger and have ms office on my mac but when i try to download the presentation i get the message "Unable to read the dictionary of the application or extension because it is not scriptable". If anyone can help I would be very grateful,
Ted

philippe99 - Jan 4, 2007 - 11:18 am

Hi and welcome to macosx.com

Right-click or ctrl-click on the link to download it on the Desktop.
What's the file extension ?

Select the file, then File > GetInformation (or Command-I).
In the Info pane, go to down to "Open with"

Is the 'Script Editor' selected by default ?

Click on the pop-up button and select "Other". Then browse to your installed Microsoft PowerPoint Application and select it.

Close the Info pane and double click on the file . Is it better ?

Regards
Philippe

teddybaker - Jan 5, 2007 - 5:54 am

thanks phillipe that great, all working fine, it was so simple i should of thought about it, many thanks ted

philippe99 - Jan 5, 2007 - 7:45 am

Glad to have helped you; this tip is usefull for any file which refuses to open or appears with a generic blank icon in the Finder
Regards
Philippe