Microsoft KB Archive/69144

Disk Space Required to Install PowerPoint PSS ID Number: Q69144 Article last modified on 05-24-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

Installing PowerPoint for Windows can require from 3 to 50 megabytes of hard disk space, depending on which options are installed.

More Information:

The table below lists the amount of disk space required to install the various PowerPoint options.

PowerPoint Option Disk Space —————– ———-

PowerPoint files (absolute minimum to operate PowerPoint) 2224K Graphics import files (to bring in graphics from other applications) 264K

Genigraphics driver and GraphicsLink (drivers to allow slides to be imaged at a Genigraphics service bureau) 228K PowerPoint Templates (sample slides) 2042K PowerPoint Samples (sample presentations) 868K PowerPoint Clip Art files 2278K Bitstream Screen Fonts (48, 56, 72 point sizes) 376K

Bitstream printer fonts for HP LaserJet series II or compatible:


 * Recommended sizes and styles (to 36 point) 9820K
 * Additional sizes of plain and plain italic (18-36 point) 3392K
 * Large sizes in bold and bold italic (48, 56, 72 point) 14252K
 * Large sizes in plain and plain italic (48, 56, 72 point) 13968K

The above information is displayed during PowerPoint Setup if the option Install PowerPoint Using Options is selected. Selecting the other option, Install PowerPoint Using Defaults will install everything except the printer fonts, and will not offer any opportunity to include or omit specific items.

The fonts installed by PowerPoint are the following:


 * Dutch (similar to Times-Roman)
 * Swiss (similar to Helvetica)
 * ITC Zapf Dingbats (a nonalphanumeric font for creating decorative bullets)

If the Bitstream fonts are installed for a different type of printer, the disk space requirements will be different than those listed above for the LaserJet Series II. The LaserJet Series II, for example, requires installation of both portrait and landscape mode fonts, while the LaserJet III requires installation of only one set of fonts, which it can rotate to print in either orientation. To determine the specific disk space requirements for each type of printer for which the PowerPoint Setup can build fonts, query on the following words:

PowerPoint and Space and Bitstream and Fonts

Reference(s):

This information was derived from the Setup screens from Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows version 2.00.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.