PPT97: How to Obtain PowerPoint Viewer 97

ID: Q170801

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SUMMARY

The Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 is not available on floppy disks. It is available as a self-extracting archive in the Microsoft Software Library.

To install the PowerPoint Viewer, download the following file from the Microsoft Software Library and then double-click the Ppview97.exe file to start the Setup program: The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

Ppview97.exe
Release Date: Sep-08-1998

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


MORE INFORMATION

The PowerPoint Viewer 97 program is a Windows-based program that you can use to display presentations created in PowerPoint 97 for Windows (and earlier versions of PowerPoint for Windows) as well as PowerPoint for the Macintosh, versions 3.0 and later.

The Ppview97.exe is also available for download from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadDetails/ppview97.htm

Microsoft encourages users to copy the PowerPoint Viewer 97 file freely and distribute it to friends and co-workers along with presentations they have created in PowerPoint format.

NOTE: You may also be able to find this file on other Internet sites or electronic bulletin board services.

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

Last Reviewed: February 20, 1999