Microsoft KB Archive/239815

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PPT97: How to Include the PowerPoint 97 Viewer on a CD-ROM

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Q239815

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 for Windows

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SUMMARY
When you plan to place a presentation on a CD-ROM for distribution, you may want to include a copy of the PowerPoint 97 Viewer with the CD-ROM. This article describes how to do this.

Downloading the Viewer
To obtain the viewer, follow these steps:


 * 1) In your Web browser, go to the following address:
 * 2) Click the hyperlink marked Download Now!
 * 3) Save the file, PPView97.exe, to a folder on your hard disk or onto your desktop.

Using the Viewer from the CD-ROM
Make sure that you place the PPView97.exe file into the same folder as the presentation that you want to burn to a CD-ROM. Include a Readme.txt file with the viewer installation program, that contains the following text:

  If you do not have PowerPoint 97 or PowerPoint 2000 on your computer, you must install the PowerPoint viewer to run the presentation(s) on   this CD-ROM:

1. To install the PowerPoint 97 Viewer from this CD-ROM, locate the file named PPView97.exe.

2. Make certain you close any open Windows-based programs.

3. Double-click the PPView97.exe file on the CD-ROM to start the Setup program.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. When prompted, make certain all programs are closed and restart your system.

After installing, run the viewer by pointing to Program Files on the Start menu, and clicking Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. Browse to the CD-ROM, open the file , and then click the presentation. Click Show.