PowerPoint Viewer

[Joy]

Does someone need to have some version of Office or Word in order to
download and use a powerpoint viewer? My friend wants to view a PPS that
someone sent. (She only has Works, not Word.)

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

The free viewers for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint are meant to be
used by people who do not have Office on their computers.

 

[Alan Edwards]

No, you don't need Office or Word for the PoewrPoint viewer.

....Alan

 

[Joy]

Thanks to you both for your replies. Then could you tell me where she can
get the viewer? I had gone on the MS site and found what I THOUGHT was the
right thing. She said she downloaded it, but when she went to use it, it
wanted her product number (which of course she doesn't have). Maybe I
steered her to the wrong place?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD010798701033.aspx

 

[Joy]

Thanks, JoAnn, I'm sending that URL to my friend.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD010798701033.aspx

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks to you both for your replies. Then could you tell me where she
can get the viewer? I had gone on the MS site and found what I THOUGHT
was the right thing. She said she downloaded it, but when she went to
use it, it wanted her product number (which of course she doesn't have).
Maybe I steered her to the wrong place?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks, JoAnn, I'm sending that URL to my friend.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD010798701033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks to you both for your replies. Then could you tell me where she
can get the viewer? I had gone on the MS site and found what I THOUGHT
was the right thing. She said she downloaded it, but when she went to
use it, it wanted her product number (which of course she doesn't have).
Maybe I steered her to the wrong place?

No, you don't need Office or Word for the PoewrPoint viewer.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html



On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:11:29 -0500, "Joy"

Does someone need to have some version of Office or Word in order to
download and use a powerpoint viewer? My friend wants to view a PPS
that
someone sent. (She only has Works, not Word.)

 

[Joy]

JoAnn,

I sent it, and here is her reply: ? ? ?

I went to this Website and it seems to be the same program I already
downloaded ... the Viewer.

But my Office 60 day trial form comes up where they want me to install my
Product Key before it will install. And it won't go to the Viewer to use
that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks, JoAnn, I'm sending that URL to my friend.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD010798701033.aspx

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Thanks to you both for your replies. Then could you tell me where she
can get the viewer? I had gone on the MS site and found what I THOUGHT
was the right thing. She said she downloaded it, but when she went to
use it, it wanted her product number (which of course she doesn't
have). Maybe I steered her to the wrong place?

No, you don't need Office or Word for the PoewrPoint viewer.

...Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html



On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:11:29 -0500, "Joy"

Does someone need to have some version of Office or Word in order to
download and use a powerpoint viewer? My friend wants to view a PPS
that
someone sent. (She only has Works, not Word.)

 

[Echo S]

JoAnn,

I sent it, and here is her reply: ? ? ?

I went to this Website and it seems to be the same program I already
downloaded ... the Viewer.

But my Office 60 day trial form comes up where they want me to install my
Product Key before it will install. And it won't go to the Viewer to use
that.

When does this form come up? When she's trying to install the Viewer, or
when she's trying to play the PPT/PPS file from the email? (She did
double-click the ppviewer.exe to install the Viewer, not just download it,
right?)

If the latter, have her save the file to her hard drive and then
double-click to open it. She can also try saving it to the hard drive,
opening the PPT Viewer (Start|Programs|PPT Viewer) and then navigating to
the file.

OE especially has some difficulties opening PPT files from email with only
the PPT Viewer installed.