Microsoft KB Archive/119105

Office: No PowerPoint Viewer Disk with Office on CD

Q119105

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The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.2-CD, 4.3-CD, 4.3c-CD

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SUMMARY

Microsoft Office for Windows, version 4.2-CD, 4.3-CD, or 4.3c-CD does not come with a separate PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer disk. If you want to distribute the PowerPoint Viewer (16-bit), you must create your own Viewer disk, or obtain the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer disk from Microsoft.

MORE INFORMATION

If you are using version 4.3c-CD

Although Microsoft Office 4.3c-CD contains the PowerPoint Viewer files, they are expanded and contained in a .CAB file. The expanded files take up too much disk space to be extracted to a floppy disk for distribution. For more information about how to obtain the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer disk, see the "Obtaining The PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer Disk" section at the end of this article. You cannot create a PowerPoint viewer disk for this version of Microsoft Office.

If you are using version 4.2-CD or 4.3-CD

Microsoft Office 4.2 and 4.3 on CD-ROM contain all the files necessary to create a PowerPoint Viewer disk. The files are stored in the directories listed in the followign table.

   Version of Office         Directory to copy
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   4.3-CD                    <drive>:\SETUP.ADM\DISK31
   4.2-CD                    <drive>:\SETUP.ADM\DISK25 

NOTE: <drive> is the drive where the Office CD is located.

Creating a Viewer Disk

To create a Viewer disk, copy the files from your Office CD to a floppy disk using the following steps:

1. Insert a blank, formatted disk in your 3.5-inch floppy disk drive.
2. Insert the Microsoft Office CD in the CD-ROM drive.
3. Start File Manager.
4. From the File menu, choose Copy.

5. If you are using Microsoft Office version 4.3-CD, type the following in the From box

   <cd-rom drive>:\setup.adm\disk31\*.*

   where <cd-rom drive> is your CD-ROM drive. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is designated as drive D, type:

   d:\setup.adm\disk31\*.*

   If you are using Microsoft Office version 4.2-CD, in this step type disk25 in the place of disk31.

6. In the To box, type

   <drive>:\

   where <drive> is your floppy disk drive. For example, if your floppy drive is drive A, type:

   a:\

7. Choose OK.

All of the necessary files should now be copied to the disk.

Installing the Viewer

To install the PowerPoint Viewer on another computer using this PowerPoint Viewer disk, do the following:

1. Insert the floppy disk in the disk drive.
2. From the File menu in Program Manager, choose Run.

3. Type:

   a:\vsetup

4. Choose OK.

Obtaining the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer Disk

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Pptvw16.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q117554 PowerPoint Viewer and Associated Files on One Disk

PPTVW16.EXE includes its own Setup program (VSETUP.EXE). It can be freely distributed with your own PowerPoint presentation files.

NOTE: PPTVW16.EXE will not play Media Clip objects unless you already have Video for Windows files installed.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.0x 4.20-CD 4.30-CD 4.30c-CD ppt power point powerpt office

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