Launching Powerpoint from Captivate

Remember that PowerPoint is not a Web-native format, so it's going to be pretty tricky to get things working. You're relying on each user having PowerPoint installed and that the Windows file associations on each machine correctly tell the browser what to do with the file.

Rick's suggestion of saving as a .PPS is your best hope if you want to keep the file as PowerPoint. Then, at least, if the user has PowerPoint, it should launch the file. Assuming, of course, they get past the browser security checks for downloaded files ("Do you want to save or open this file?" "Are you sure you want to open this file?").

If that doesn't work, I think your next best bet would be to either import the PowerPoint into Captivate or try saving the PowerPoint as HTML (a feature that is available in more recent versions of PowerPoint). You will probably lose some of the bling from the file (animations, transitions, etc.) but either of these options will at least allow you to link to the information in a Web-friendly format.

I don't know if this helps, but I am having the same issue, and not only does the PowerPoint appear in the IE window, but it doesn't give me the control that I need either. I find that I have to kill the IE window to get out as the ESC doesn't work.

Allen