Microsoft KB Archive/116422

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README: PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer - Installing with Media Player
Last reviewed: September 9, 1996

Article ID: Q116422

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c

SUMMARY
If you use the Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Viewer to distribute and display your presentation, you will have to include the Media Player utility included with PowerPoint if both of the following conditions are true:


 * The presentations include Media Clip objects.
 * The machine that the presentation is to be displayed on is using a version of Windows earlier than Windows 95.

Media Player is designed to play multimedia images from within programs. The Media Player edition that comes with PowerPoint is an update to the one that is provided with Windows 3.x.

POWERPOINT 4.x README HELP
The PowerPoint 4.0 Readme Help file provides the following instructions for distributing the Media Player along with the PowerPoint Viewer. While these instructions are correct for version 4.0 and 4.0a of PowerPoint, they are not correct for version 4.0c of PowerPoint because the files were distributed differently on the disks to address another setup issue. (See the &quot;Documentation Error&quot; section of this article for more information.)

Using Media Player with the PowerPoint Viewer (Windows) ---

You can view PowerPoint presentations while away on business trips without installing PowerPoint. (Note that the targeted machine must have  the proper hardware and video drivers to support Media Player objects.) Take a copy of the PowerPoint Viewer disk with you to view your presentations.

If your presentations contain Media Player objects (such as video or  sound), you may also need to install the Microsoft Media Player when using the PowerPoint Viewer. Simply take both Disk 1 and the PowerPoint Viewer disk and follow these instructions:

1. Run PowerPoint Setup from Disk 1. In Program Manager, from the File menu, choose Run, and then type a:setup.

2. Follow the instructions on-screen. When asked what type of     installation you prefer, choose Custom/Complete.

3. Cancel all options except for the PowerPoint Viewer and the Media Player (the Media Player is listed under Shared Applications). Choose Continue to finish the installation.

The PowerPoint Viewer and Media Player will now be available on the system, allowing you to play Media Player objects as you view your presentation.

POWERPOINT 4.x DOCUMENTATION ERROR
While these instructions are correct for version 4.0 and 4.0a of PowerPoint, they are not correct for version 4.0c of PowerPoint because the files were distributed differently on the disks to address another setup issue. For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q116356 TITLE    : Windows PowerPoint 4.0c: List of Fixed Problems For PowerPoint 4.0c, many more disks are required to install Media Player along with the PowerPoint Viewer. The following are the disks required to install the PowerPoint Viewer along with Media Player using the Setup program (not the VSETUP.EXE program on the Viewer disk):

Media      Disks             Not Version  Type        Used              Used -

4.0      3.5 HD      1,12              2-11 4.0      5.25 HD     1,14              2-13

4.0a     3.5 HD      1,11              2-10 4.0a     5.25 HD     1,13              2-12

4.0c     3.5 HD      1,2,6-11          3-5 4.0c     5.25 HD     1,2,8,9,11,13     3-7,10,12