PPT97: Wrong Instructions in ORK for Installing Pp7trans.dll

ID: Q164580

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SYMPTOMS

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 uses the Pp7trans.dll file to open Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 files. The Readme.doc file is located on the Microsoft Office 97 Resource Kit Tools and Utilities compact disc. It contains the following incorrect instructions for installing this file: 

   To install the PowerPoint 95 converter for PowerPoint 4.0 (Windows 
   only):
 
   1. Insert the Tools and Utilities CD into the CD-ROM drive.

   2. In the PowerPt\Win4to95 folder, copy Pp7trans.dll to the Powerpnt 
      folder on the computer where PowerPoint 95 is installed.

RESOLUTION

Install the Pp7trans.dll file by running the PowerPoint Viewer setup program, Vsetup.exe.

1. On the start menu, click Run.

2. In the Open box, type "Vsetup" (without the quotation marks), and 

   click OK.
3. In the Welcome dialog box, click to clear the PowerPoint Viewer check 
   box.
4. Click to select the Translator to Open PowerPoint 95 Files in 
   PowerPoint 4.0 check box.
5. Click OK.

6. Follow the directions on the screen.

You can find Vsetup.exe in the following locations:

You can also download a copy of the PowerPoint viewer electronically. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q112827
   TITLE     : PPT: PowerPoint Viewer (16-Bit) Available from Online
               Services
NOTE: The copy of Vsetup.exe in the \Powerpt\Viewer40 folder on the Office 97 Resource Kit compact disc, is for an earlier version of the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer. It does not include Ppt7trans.dll.

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 8.0 8.00 ppt87 ork97 CD CD-ROM read me converter docerr 

Keywords          : kbsetup kbdta kbconversion
Version           : windows:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 25, 1998