PPTView fails in Windows7 using Office PowerPoint 2007

[BarryM]

Followed your work around directions in packaging my PPT to a CD by first
performing "Package to CD" to my hard drive and then burning the files to a
CD using MS CD Burner accessories.

Problem: The ptview application fails to run. Autorun will bring it up
when first putting the CD into the drive but when clicked, it looks like the
viewer starts up and then it stops executing.

If I then open the CD folder from My computer and then click on the pptview,
it does start up and asks me to select the presentation. If I do it this
way, I encounter an error message stating "This file requires the
Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office System to view content". I am on 2007 and
there is no 2007 compatibility patch. I just see it for XP, and earlier OS.

I spent a lot of time building this presentation and need to execute it next
week. What is t he problem? What is the resolution?

 

[Michael Koerner]

Did you put the folder onto the CD? Or did you copy all of the files into
the root directory of the CD?

 

[Echo S]

Is your PowerPoint file a PPT or a PPTX?

The Viewer will not run a PPTX file from a CD. If you're running from CD,
you must use a PPT file.

This is because the Viewer needs the Compatibility Pack in order to run a
PPTX file. Problem is, the Compat Pack won't run from CD, it must actually
be installed on the presenting computer. Therefore, the Viewer cannot run
the PPTX from the CD.

 

[Echo S]

You're on 2007 but the viewer's not, and that's what's on the CD.

Try this:

After packaging for CD but before burning to CD, open your PPT 2007 file
and do
a Save As; save it as PowerPoint 97-2003 format and save it to the folder
where
you've packaged all the stuff for the CD.

You may also need to edit the AutoRun.inf file so it points to the .PPT
file you
just created instead of the .PPTX you originally made.

Manually start the viewer and open the .PPT file to ensure that it works,
then
try burning a CD again.

2007 Package for CD *should* "backsave" and create a PPT file if you choose
to include the Viewer when you package. Something odd going on there if it
doesn't.

 

[BarryM]

I burned only the files onto the CD from within the folder director.... was
that the correct step?

If I read Michael's response earlier, it doesn't make a difference. PPTView
will not work with a powerpoint created in windows 2007.

If not, then what is the recommended steps for viewing my powerpoint
presentation from someone else's computer who does not have powerpoint loaded

You're on 2007 but the viewer's not, and that's what's on the CD.

Try this:

After packaging for CD but before burning to CD, open your PPT 2007 file
and do
a Save As; save it as PowerPoint 97-2003 format and save it to the folder
where
you've packaged all the stuff for the CD.

You may also need to edit the AutoRun.inf file so it points to the .PPT
file you
just created instead of the .PPTX you originally made.

Manually start the viewer and open the .PPT file to ensure that it works,
then
try burning a CD again.

2007 Package for CD *should* "backsave" and create a PPT file if you choose
to include the Viewer when you package. Something odd going on there if it
doesn't.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2010? http://www.echosvoice.com/2010.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

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[Echo S]

Try this: double-click the Play.BAT file that should be in the folder that
was created when you Packaged for CD. What happens?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2010? http://www.echosvoice.com/2010.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I burned only the files onto the CD from within the folder director....
was
that the correct step?

If I read Michael's response earlier, it doesn't make a difference.
PPTView
will not work with a powerpoint created in windows 2007.

If not, then what is the recommended steps for viewing my powerpoint
presentation from someone else's computer who does not have powerpoint
loaded

Followed your work around directions in packaging my PPT to a CD by
first
performing "Package to CD" to my hard drive and then burning the files
to
a
CD using MS CD Burner accessories.

Problem: The ptview application fails to run. Autorun will bring it
up
when first putting the CD into the drive but when clicked, it looks
like
the
viewer starts up and then it stops executing.

If I then open the CD folder from My computer and then click on the
pptview,
it does start up and asks me to select the presentation. If I do it
this
way, I encounter an error message stating "This file requires the
Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office System to view content". I am on
2007
and
there is no 2007 compatibility patch. I just see it for XP, and
earlier
OS.

You're on 2007 but the viewer's not, and that's what's on the CD.

Try this:

After packaging for CD but before burning to CD, open your PPT 2007
file
and do
a Save As; save it as PowerPoint 97-2003 format and save it to the
folder
where
you've packaged all the stuff for the CD.

You may also need to edit the AutoRun.inf file so it points to the .PPT
file you
just created instead of the .PPTX you originally made.

Manually start the viewer and open the .PPT file to ensure that it
works,
then
try burning a CD again.

2007 Package for CD *should* "backsave" and create a PPT file if you
choose
to include the Viewer when you package. Something odd going on there if
it
doesn't.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2010? http://www.echosvoice.com/2010.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

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