PowerPoint Slide Show

[Joy]

I had asked about this a while back, but my NGs don't seem to go back far
enough to find. This is for the friend that I try to help because he has
visual problems. We tried to download PPS for him, but since he had a MS
Office free trial thing on his computer, that offer kept popping up. So,
OK, we activated that and then he had all of Office, including PowerPoint.
But now that trial is over and he doesn't want to purchase Office. (He has
WordPerfect and for the little he does with documents, that is sufficient.)
He does, however, enjoy working with pictures, and viewing slide shows sent
to him by e-mail. I had been told by someone on the NG that they thought
PPS would remain after the trial is over, but he just notified me that it
will not open. Where should he go from here? When he originally tried to
download the free PPS, that Office trial popped up. It's doing it again.
Is there any way to delete that "offer" pop-up so it won't be in his
computer at all? And them maybe he can download PPS? Thanks for any help
with this.

 

[Echo S]

I don't know about getting rid of the offer popup, but I do know there is a
free PowerPoint Viewer your friend can download to view PPT and PPS files.

Here's a link to the download. After downloading, double-click the file to
install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

Since that link's really long, here's a shorter link to the same page:
http://tinyurl.com/6b6g5

Also, tell your friend he needs to save the PPT/PPS files from his email to
his harddrive and then open them. There can be issues when trying to open
PPT/PPS files from within Outlook Express (and maybe Outlook, too, I don't
recall) if you only have the PowerPoint Viewer and not the full PowerPoint
program.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I'm thinking they still have the trial version of Office installed and that
the trial for PPT is trying to open instead of the Viewer. Seems to me I
heard this just a few weeks ago.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I don't know about getting rid of the offer popup, but I do know there is a
free PowerPoint Viewer your friend can download to view PPT and PPS files.

Here's a link to the download. After downloading, double-click the file to
install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

Since that link's really long, here's a shorter link to the same page:
http://tinyurl.com/6b6g5

Also, tell your friend he needs to save the PPT/PPS files from his email
to his harddrive and then open them. There can be issues when trying to
open PPT/PPS files from within Outlook Express (and maybe Outlook, too, I
don't recall) if you only have the PowerPoint Viewer and not the full
PowerPoint program.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

I had asked about this a while back, but my NGs don't seem to go back far
enough to find. This is for the friend that I try to help because he has
visual problems. We tried to download PPS for him, but since he had a MS
Office free trial thing on his computer, that offer kept popping up. So,
OK, we activated that and then he had all of Office, including PowerPoint.
But now that trial is over and he doesn't want to purchase Office. (He
has WordPerfect and for the little he does with documents, that is
sufficient.) He does, however, enjoy working with pictures, and viewing
slide shows sent to him by e-mail. I had been told by someone on the NG
that they thought PPS would remain after the trial is over, but he just
notified me that it will not open. Where should he go from here? When he
originally tried to download the free PPS, that Office trial popped up.
It's doing it again. Is there any way to delete that "offer" pop-up so it
won't be in his computer at all? And them maybe he can download PPS?
Thanks for any help with this.

 

[Echo S]

Ah, yeah, that sounds totally plausible.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

The OP should dump the trial version (I say that a lot) and the viewer,
reboot, and then reinstall the viewer. I think that might work. (Assuming
the trial is properly and completely uninstalled.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Ah, yeah, that sounds totally plausible.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

I'm thinking they still have the trial version of Office installed and
that the trial for PPT is trying to open instead of the Viewer. Seems to
me I heard this just a few weeks ago.

 

[Joy]

I agree - but I'm not sure just HOW he should uninstall the trial version
popup. Would it be listed under Add/Remove Programs?

The OP should dump the trial version (I say that a lot) and the viewer,
reboot, and then reinstall the viewer. I think that might work. (Assuming
the trial is properly and completely uninstalled.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Ah, yeah, that sounds totally plausible.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

I'm thinking they still have the trial version of Office installed and
that the trial for PPT is trying to open instead of the Viewer. Seems to
me I heard this just a few weeks ago.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Yes.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I agree - but I'm not sure just HOW he should uninstall the trial version
popup. Would it be listed under Add/Remove Programs?

The OP should dump the trial version (I say that a lot) and the viewer,
reboot, and then reinstall the viewer. I think that might work. (Assuming
the trial is properly and completely uninstalled.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Ah, yeah, that sounds totally plausible.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


I'm thinking they still have the trial version of Office installed and
that the trial for PPT is trying to open instead of the Viewer. Seems
to me I heard this just a few weeks ago.

 

[Joy]

OK, thanks. I'll e-mail him to look there for it.

Yes.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I agree - but I'm not sure just HOW he should uninstall the trial version
popup. Would it be listed under Add/Remove Programs?

The OP should dump the trial version (I say that a lot) and the viewer,
reboot, and then reinstall the viewer. I think that might work.
(Assuming the trial is properly and completely uninstalled.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Ah, yeah, that sounds totally plausible.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


I'm thinking they still have the trial version of Office installed and
that the trial for PPT is trying to open instead of the Viewer. Seems
to me I heard this just a few weeks ago.

 

[Joy]

Tonight I finally had a chance to talk to my friend on the phone, and we
could only find MS Office under Add/Remove Programs, so he removed that.
PowerPoint did not remain, so he'll have to download that again from online.
(It says it's there, but it won't open). I'll send him the website that was
kindly sent to me earlier. Should he first Remove PowerPoint also? (It was
listed separately from Office under Add/Remove programs.)

Yes.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I agree - but I'm not sure just HOW he should uninstall the trial version
popup. Would it be listed under Add/Remove Programs?

The OP should dump the trial version (I say that a lot) and the viewer,
reboot, and then reinstall the viewer. I think that might work.
(Assuming the trial is properly and completely uninstalled.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Ah, yeah, that sounds totally plausible.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


I'm thinking they still have the trial version of Office installed and
that the trial for PPT is trying to open instead of the Viewer. Seems
to me I heard this just a few weeks ago.

 

[Joy]

Thanks. I haven't gotten back with you until I was able to talk with my
friend, which I did tonight. He Removed MS Office from Add/Remove Programs.
It still has PowerPoint listed, but it won't open. I'll send him this
website which you gave. I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean
about saving the PPT/PPS files from his e-mail.

I don't know about getting rid of the offer popup, but I do know there is a
free PowerPoint Viewer your friend can download to view PPT and PPS files.

Here's a link to the download. After downloading, double-click the file to
install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

Since that link's really long, here's a shorter link to the same page:
http://tinyurl.com/6b6g5

Also, tell your friend he needs to save the PPT/PPS files from his email
to his harddrive and then open them. There can be issues when trying to
open PPT/PPS files from within Outlook Express (and maybe Outlook, too, I
don't recall) if you only have the PowerPoint Viewer and not the full
PowerPoint program.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

I had asked about this a while back, but my NGs don't seem to go back far
enough to find. This is for the friend that I try to help because he has
visual problems. We tried to download PPS for him, but since he had a MS
Office free trial thing on his computer, that offer kept popping up. So,
OK, we activated that and then he had all of Office, including PowerPoint.
But now that trial is over and he doesn't want to purchase Office. (He
has WordPerfect and for the little he does with documents, that is
sufficient.) He does, however, enjoy working with pictures, and viewing
slide shows sent to him by e-mail. I had been told by someone on the NG
that they thought PPS would remain after the trial is over, but he just
notified me that it will not open. Where should he go from here? When he
originally tried to download the free PPS, that Office trial popped up.
It's doing it again. Is there any way to delete that "offer" pop-up so it
won't be in his computer at all? And them maybe he can download PPS?
Thanks for any help with this.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

You should always save attachments to your hard drive. Open the hard drive
copy, not the email attachment.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks. I haven't gotten back with you until I was able to talk with my
friend, which I did tonight. He Removed MS Office from Add/Remove
Programs. It still has PowerPoint listed, but it won't open. I'll send
him this website which you gave. I'm sorry, but I don't understand what
you mean about saving the PPT/PPS files from his e-mail.

I don't know about getting rid of the offer popup, but I do know there is
a free PowerPoint Viewer your friend can download to view PPT and PPS
files.

Here's a link to the download. After downloading, double-click the file
to install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

Since that link's really long, here's a shorter link to the same page:
http://tinyurl.com/6b6g5

Also, tell your friend he needs to save the PPT/PPS files from his email
to his harddrive and then open them. There can be issues when trying to
open PPT/PPS files from within Outlook Express (and maybe Outlook, too, I
don't recall) if you only have the PowerPoint Viewer and not the full
PowerPoint program.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

I had asked about this a while back, but my NGs don't seem to go back far
enough to find. This is for the friend that I try to help because he has
visual problems. We tried to download PPS for him, but since he had a MS
Office free trial thing on his computer, that offer kept popping up. So,
OK, we activated that and then he had all of Office, including
PowerPoint. But now that trial is over and he doesn't want to purchase
Office. (He has WordPerfect and for the little he does with documents,
that is sufficient.) He does, however, enjoy working with pictures, and
viewing slide shows sent to him by e-mail. I had been told by someone
on the NG that they thought PPS would remain after the trial is over, but
he just notified me that it will not open. Where should he go from here?
When he originally tried to download the free PPS, that Office trial
popped up. It's doing it again. Is there any way to delete that "offer"
pop-up so it won't be in his computer at all? And them maybe he can
download PPS? Thanks for any help with this.

 

[Echo S]

What JoAnn said -- save the email attachment to the harddrive, then open it.

If you instead try to double-click the attachment in the email message, it
sometimes won't open.

Now, after your friend removed Office (the trial) from Add/Remove Programs,
what's left isn't PowerPoint, but the PowerPoint Viewer. Yes, this should
also be uninstalled.

Then re-download the PowerPoint Viewer -- make sure to save it to the
harddrive, don't just click the "run" or "open" option. Once it's
downloaded/saved to the harddrive, then close all open programs and
double-click to install.