Using the PowerPoint Viewer

The PowerPoint Viewer (PPVIEW32.EXE) is an application that enables people who don't have PowerPoint installed on their computers to view a PowerPoint presentation. You can freely distribute the Viewer without any license fee. Using the Pack and Go Wizard, you have the option of including the Viewer in your presentation package.

→ To learn more about how to use this wizard and how it works with the PowerPoint Viewer, see “Using the Pack and Go Wizard,” the previous section in this chapter.

Note

PPVIEW32.EXE is also compressed when you use the Pack and Go Wizard and is extracted to the folder you indicate when you run PNGSETUP.EXE to decompress your presentation.

To run the Viewer, follow these steps:

  1. Double-click ...

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