Office: No PowerPoint Viewer Disk with Office on CD

ID: Q119105

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

Microsoft Office for Windows, version 4.2-CD, 4.3-CD, or 4.3c-CD does not come with a separate PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer disk. If you want to distribute the PowerPoint Viewer (16-bit), you must create your own Viewer disk, or obtain the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer disk from Microsoft.


MORE INFORMATION

If you are using version 4.3c-CD

Although Microsoft Office 4.3c-CD contains the PowerPoint Viewer files, they are expanded and contained in a .CAB file. The expanded files take up too much disk space to be extracted to a floppy disk for distribution. For more information about how to obtain the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer disk, see the "Obtaining The PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer Disk" section at the end of this article. You cannot create a PowerPoint viewer disk for this version of Microsoft Office.

If you are using version 4.2-CD or 4.3-CD

Microsoft Office 4.2 and 4.3 on CD-ROM contain all the files necessary to create a PowerPoint Viewer disk. The files are stored in the directories listed in the followign table. 

   Version of Office         Directory to copy
   ----------------------------------------------------

   4.3-CD                    <drive>:\SETUP.ADM\DISK31
   4.2-CD                    <drive>:\SETUP.ADM\DISK25
NOTE: <drive> is the drive where the Office CD is located.

Creating a Viewer Disk

To create a Viewer disk, copy the files from your Office CD to a floppy disk using the following steps:

  1. Insert a blank, formatted disk in your 3.5-inch floppy disk drive.


  2. Insert the Microsoft Office CD in the CD-ROM drive.


  3. Start File Manager.


  4. From the File menu, choose Copy.


  5. If you are using Microsoft Office version 4.3-CD, type the following in the From box
    <cd-rom drive>:\setup.adm\disk31\*.*
    where <cd-rom drive> is your CD-ROM drive. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is designated as drive D, type:
    d:\setup.adm\disk31\*.*
    If you are using Microsoft Office version 4.2-CD, in this step type disk25 in the place of disk31.


  6. In the To box, type
    <drive>:\
    where <drive> is your floppy disk drive. For example, if your floppy drive is drive A, type:
    a:\


  7. Choose OK.


All of the necessary files should now be copied to the disk.

Installing the Viewer

To install the PowerPoint Viewer on another computer using this PowerPoint Viewer disk, do the following:

  1. Insert the floppy disk in the disk drive.


  2. From the File menu in Program Manager, choose Run.


  3. Type:
    a:\vsetup


  4. Choose OK.


Obtaining the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer Disk

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:
~ PPTVW16.EXE
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
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q117554 PowerPoint Viewer and Associated Files on One Disk
PPTVW16.EXE includes its own Setup program (VSETUP.EXE). It can be freely distributed with your own PowerPoint presentation files.

NOTE: PPTVW16.EXE will not play Media Clip objects unless you already have Video for Windows files installed.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.0x 4.20-CD 4.30-CD 4.30c-CD ppt power point powerpt office 


Keywords          : kbfile kbother 
Version           : 4.20-CD 4.30-CD 4.30c-CD
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: June 11, 1999