Installing Power Point Viewer 98 on Mac OS X 10.4

[becker.261]

I'm trying to download the PPT viewer to read some lecture notes. I'm
on a Macbook running OS X 10.4. First I downloaded the viewer and it
showed an expander icon (i think) with a white circle with a slash
through it. So then I downloaded stuffit expander and was able to
expand the download.

i redownloaded the compressed viewer from microsoft and the folder
showed up on my desktop with a little office logo. the folder contains
these four files: License, and Read me (text files), another folder
called supporting files, and a Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Viewer icon.
but the icon has the same white circle with a slash that i encountered
before!

When i double click on this application it gives the following error
message: you cannot open this application because it is not supported
by the system.

Same thing happens when i try and open my lecture notes.

How do I get this program to work??

 

[becker.261]

And another thing...in the Readme file it gave me a tech support
number to call that was out of order! boo microsoft i want my free
tech support.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

And another thing...in the Readme file it gave me a tech support
number to call that was out of order! boo microsoft i want my free
tech support.

Heh. As long as we're putting in orders, let's go for free tuition, beer and
Miatas.

OK. Enough of that. Wakeywakey time. ;-)

There's a company that claims to have a crossplatform viewer that'll work on
Mac. Have a look here:

Free PowerPoint Viewers, Viewer Capabilities
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00153.htm

Open Office can also open PPT files. Might give that a whirl.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

In order to run OS9 applications in 10.4 you must install OS9 in Classic.

Free programs that can play PowerPoint presentations in 10.4:

OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/

NeoOffice
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

As with the old PowerPoint player, everything that is included with
PowerPoint itself is not supported in the above applications.

Macros and add-ins will not work. Fonts may be substituted. Animations,
transitions, and animation paths may not play as the author created them.

On the other hand, they are free and are probably more than adequate for
most lecture notes. Sadly, few instructors have much talent when it comes to
making PowerPoint presentations. They tend to rely on text and pictures
copied from the web way too much, and the free programs can handle that sort
of thing easily.

-Jim

I'm trying to download the PPT viewer to read some lecture notes. I'm
on a Macbook running OS X 10.4. First I downloaded the viewer and it
showed an expander icon (i think) with a white circle with a slash
through it. So then I downloaded stuffit expander and was able to
expand the download.

i redownloaded the compressed viewer from microsoft and the folder
showed up on my desktop with a little office logo. the folder contains
these four files: License, and Read me (text files), another folder
called supporting files, and a Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Viewer icon.
but the icon has the same white circle with a slash that i encountered
before!

When i double click on this application it gives the following error
message: you cannot open this application because it is not supported
by the system.

Same thing happens when i try and open my lecture notes.

How do I get this program to work??

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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