I've written a commercial program to solve this problem. There is even
a free license you can use that will do all you want to free.
Download AutoRun from:
http://www.typhoonsoftware.com
Unlock AutoRun with the following:
Name free
Serial Number autorunfree.com
Start a new project, give the project a name and press Start wizard.
You can give your CD and name and title, select 'Open a File' from the
drop down box, then browse to your PPS file. and click Done.
You'll see your file added to the workspace, under Failsafe Program
(AutoRun will run this program - the installer to PowerPoint Viewer if
the user cannot view PPS files) select 'All Operating Systems' the
select the MS PowerPoint Viewer installer program. That's it.
Press the Create button to create your project files and the Test
button to try it out. You can play around with other settings like
background colors, images, music and more. When you are done modifying
your project press the Create button to update the project files. Then
burn the contents of your project folder (you can view this by clicking
on the button to the right of the Test button) to CD and you're done.
AutoRun will launch your PPS file from CD. If the user does not have
PowerPoint or the PowerPoint Viewer on their computer, AutoRun will
launch the PowerPoint Viewer installer, install the viewer and then
open your PPS file. All for free!
Here are some links:
http://www.typhoonsoftware.com/filetypes.htm#PPS
Phil
Typhoon Software
