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PowerPoint 2003 Viewer

The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.



Quick Info

File Name:

ppviewer.exe

Download Size:

1911 KB

Date Published:

9/15/2003

Version:

1

Overview

The Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Viewer lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer also supports opening password-protected Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

Note You can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them in the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.

The following Microsoft PowerPoint features are not supported by this viewer:
  • Information Rights Management (IRM) presentations.
  • Running macros, programs, or opening linked or embedded objects.
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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

  • This download works with presentations created in the following Office programs:
    • PowerPoint 2003
    • PowerPoint 2002
    • PowerPoint 2000
    • PowerPoint 97

Instructions

To install this download:
  1. Download the file by clicking the Download button (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
  2. Double-click the PPViewer.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
To install on a computer running Windows 98 Second Edition (SE):
  1. Install the updated Windows installer for Windows 98.
  2. Restart your computer.
  3. Follow the installation instructions in the section above.
To specify a download install location (for network administrators):
  1. On the Start menu, click Run, and type command.
  2. Navigate to the path of the installed PPViewer.exe program.
  3. Type ppviewer.exe /c:“msiexec /i ppviewer.msi INSTALLLOCATION=c:\target” where c:\target is the installation directory.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
Instructions for use:

Once you have installed this download, from the Start menu under All Programs, open Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003.

Note The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer registers with the .ppt, .pot, and .pps file extensions only if a version of PowerPoint is not installed on your computer. If registered, double-clicking on these file types will launch the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.

To remove this download:
  1. On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. In the list of currently installed programs, select Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
  4. Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.
To remove the download file itself, delete the file PPViewer.exe.

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