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[bikerstan]

Can a pps be created for viewing by someone that does not have PowerPoint.
I tried taking a saved pps, then selected Package for CD and sent to a
folder which I then zipped, and e-mailed to a friend that does not have
PowerPoint. He got the folder, and the files, but still could not get the
pps to run.
Does it matter if he tried to run without saving the files to his hard drive?
Also, is it possible to get the same AutoRun affect as if you loaded a CD,
by double clicking the packaged folder of files?

 

[Ute Simon]

Did you save it with the PowerPoint viewer? In any case I would recommend
unpack and saving all the files to a separate folder and try to start it
from there.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Michael Koerner]

They would have to copy and unzip the folder to their computer, and then run
the batch file that is created when you used Package for CD copy to folder
option. Hopefully you checkmarked to include the viewer when you processed
your presentation

 

[bikerstan]

Yes the viewer was included (pptview) along with 10 other files: the pps,
autorun, play-which is the DOS batch file, playlist-which is a text file,
pvreadme, plus five different dll files.
You indicate that the way I did it, that it should run as long as he saved
the zipped folder to his system before trying anything else. Is this correct?
Also, another question which may be beyond this discussion group - but is it
possible to launch the pps automatically when the folder is unzipped?

 

[Ute Simon]

Yes the viewer was included (pptview) along with 10 other files: the pps,

autorun, play-which is the DOS batch file, playlist-which is a text file,
pvreadme, plus five different dll files.
You indicate that the way I did it, that it should run as long as he saved
the zipped folder to his system before trying anything else. Is this
correct?

As far as I can judge it from what you described, yes, he should be able to
run the presentation.

Also, another question which may be beyond this discussion group - but is
it
possible to launch the pps automatically when the folder is unzipped?

No, you will need to double-click either on the PowerPoint file or the
viewer program file or an autorun file (if you included one).

Best regards,
Ute

 

[Michael Koerner]

Along with what Ute has already said, The easies would be to unzip the
folder to the desktop, then open the folder and double click on the batch
(BAT) file

 

[bikerstan]

Michael and Ute;
Thanks very much to each of you - I just thought maybe I was doing something
wrong. The person I was sending it to was trying to run the pps without
saving the folder to his system first.
Now I also took an extra step, due to his not being computer savy, on
opening the folder he was presented with 11 files, and didn't know which one
to click on to run the pps. So with the exception of the batch file, I
changed the properties of all the other files to hidden. Now when he opens
the folder, he will only see one file.
Thanks again,
Stan

 

[Michael Koerner]

Glad to here that you got it working.

Hiding the file will only work on the machine where hidden files is turned
on. If your friend has hidden files turned off, doesn't matter what your do.
An easier way would be to provide him/them with a link to the viewer
download. after it is installed then all you have to send is the
presentation.