PPT97: How to Obtain the PowerPoint Viewer for 16-Bit Systems

ID: Q180056

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 For Windows

SUMMARY

Microsoft has made available a PowerPoint Viewer for 16-bit Operating Systems (Windows 3.1). You can use the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer to display PowerPoint slide shows under Windows 3.1 if you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer. PowerPoint Viewer is available as a self-extracting archive in the Microsoft Download Center.

To install PowerPoint Viewer for 16-bit Operating Systems, download the following file from the Microsoft Download Center and then double-click the Ppview16.exe file to start the Setup program:

Ppview16.exe

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp

and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

MORE INFORMATION

PowerPoint Viewer for 16-bit Operating Systems includes import converters for the following presentation file formats:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97

Microsoft PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95

Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows and Macintosh

Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows and Macintosh

Microsoft PowerPoint 2.0 for Windows and Macintosh

NOTE: PowerPoint Viewer for 16-bit Operating Systems does not read native PowerPoint 97 and 7.0 files. Instead, it converts PowerPoint 97 and 7.0 presentations to the PowerPoint 4.0 format and then displays the slide show. Because the files are converted to PowerPoint 4.0 format, some features that are available in PowerPoint 97 and 7.0 but not in PowerPoint 4.0 may be lost.

For best results, you should save the presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format from within PowerPoint 97 or 7.0. To do this, click Save As on the File menu, and select PowerPoint 4.0 in the Save as type box.

The Ppview16.exe is also available for download from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadDetails/ppview16.htm

Microsoft encourages users to copy the PowerPoint Viewer file freely and distribute it to friends and co-workers along with presentations they have created in the PowerPoint format.

REFERENCES

Windows 95 and Windows NT users should use the PowerPoint 97 32-bit viewer. This Viewer is also available for download. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q170801 PPT97: How to Obtain PowerPoint Viewer 97

Additional query words: ptview viewer ppt8 ppt8.0 8.00 viewer8 16-bit 16bit win31 win3

Keywords : kbfile kbdta kbviewer
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo