The full version of Microsoft PowerPoint is NOT required to open and view a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
(.ppt), Microsoft PowerPoint SlideShow (.pps), or Microsoft PowerPoint Template (.pot).
The free PowerPoint Viewer is all that is needed to open and view PowerPoint files. See the links below for
more information.
Download PowerPoint Viewer 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en
Fix it: I want to open a presentation but I don't have PowerPoint
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP011684351033.aspx
Install and run PowerPoint Viewer 2003
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030784121033.aspx
Run a presentation with PowerPoint Viewer
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP052419601033.aspx
New features of the PowerPoint Viewer in PowerPoint 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827110/
How to use a presentation playlist file in PowerPoint Viewer 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827766/
List of command line switches for PowerPoint 2003 Viewer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830040/
How to use PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to create a Windows autorun CD slide show for earlier versions of PowerPoint
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830286/
PowerPoint 2003 users, here are some additional Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:
Description of how to use the Package for CD feature in PowerPoint 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828504/
How to package and copy a presentation to a CD in PowerPoint 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821552/
PowerPoint 2002 (XP) users, here are some additional Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:
How to use the Pack and Go feature in PowerPoint 2000 or PowerPoint 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322107/
How to distribute presentations on CD-ROM in PowerPoint 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322319/
PowerPoint 2000 users, here are some additional Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:
How to use the Pack and Go feature in PowerPoint 2000 or PowerPoint 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322107/
How to prepare and to distribute presentations on a CD-ROM in PowerPoint 97 and in PowerPoint 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241493/
If a user is running an earlier version of Windows, can't get Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to install/run,
or if you need to view a Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Presentation (.ppt), Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Slide Show
(.pps), and/or Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Template (.pot), then you need to download and install the free
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97. Here are some helpful links:
PPT97: How to Obtain PowerPoint Viewer 97
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170801/
Download PowerPoint Viewer 97
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8e-5513-46c4-aa4f-058a84a37df1&DisplayLang=en
PPT97: Using Command-Line Switches with Playlist Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176678/
PPT: How to Write and Use a List File in PowerPoint Viewer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/93702/
Or you could download a free open source alternative such as OpenOffice.org which can create, open, edit, and
save Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations (.ppt), Slide Shows (.pps), and Templates (.pot).
You find more information about OpenOffice.org at, well...
http://www.openoffice.org/
The latest stable release (at the time of this post) is OpenOffice.org 1.1.5. You can download it here:
http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.5/index.html
Other downloads can be found here:
http://download.openoffice.org/
And if you need a manual for OpenOffice.org (i.e. an installation manual), you can find them here:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/
To view PDF files, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download it here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html