PowerPoint 2000 Viewer?
Geetesh Bajaj
not display the graphic bullets - even if I use the 2000 version of the 97
viewer. Am I missing something.
Geetesh Bajaj
http://www.hillsorient.com
PK Huntzinger
Sorry, no. That's as good as it gets with the viewers. About the only way to
show a 2000 show to someone who doesn't have PowerPoint is to save it on the
web and hope they have Internet Explorer 5.
Kathy
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Geetesh Bajaj
thought maybe they would release it soon.
Geetesh Bajaj
http://www.hillsorient.com
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John O
to entice you to buy the full software package.
But I couldn't imagine THAT... ;-) Especially
after those reallllllly nice ads that Bill is
running to improve his image.
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Geetesh Bajaj
be no viewer at all or they are very late indeed. I don't think the delay
can be due to any technical reason since they already have the engine to
play the presentations in the form of the program. Let's hope they port it
to a viewer soon!
Geetesh Bajaj
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Linda Brown
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/Ppview97.htm
The word here is rather misleading. I was under the impression that after
someone downloaded the aforementioned executable file, s/he would be able to
view PP2K shows and such. However, after further reading, I have noticed that
the animations will not be there.
So, are you guys saying that if someone opens/views the uploaded ppt file while
in IE5, s/he will be able to see all the animations? Including the animated gif
files?
PK Huntzinger
for a ppt2000 viewer when IE5 can display all the new animations, etc.
Kathy
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Geetesh Bajaj
viewer. Hope the PowerPoint team at Microsoft is reading this and will do
something about it.
Geetesh Bajaj
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Roy Anderson
PPT presentation to use the entire screen. Don't want to give part
of the screen back to IE5 and its screen consumptive menu/status bars.
Is there a way to specify in IE5 or PPT that my presentation is to
use the entire screen? If so, I'm overlooking it.
Yesterday, made first attempt to display new presentation using IE5.
Saved presentation as .pps file, copied it to CD-RW, took disc to
my store (I'm a CompUSA salesman) and loaded file on demo PCs.
Browsed IE5 to the .pps file. IE5 "flashed" a different page image
for a split second and then acted as if the .pps never existed.
Tried the process several times and got the same result. Bummer.
Roy
PK Huntzinger wrote:
>
> Geetesh,
> Sorry, no. That's as good as it gets with the viewers. About the only way to
> show a 2000 show to someone who doesn't have PowerPoint is to save it on the
> web and hope they have Internet Explorer 5.
>
> Kathy
>
> "Geetesh Bajaj" <geetes...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Michael Koerner
Michael
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Roy Anderson
>
> Sounds like you did not publish your presentation to a web page
>
Didn't know I had to publish to a web page first to create a .pps
file to run under IE5. Thought I reclled reading someplace that
we could create a kiosk ppt/pps presentation, and open the pps
within IE5. It didn't work that way for me. Perhaps I missed a step...
such as saving as a web site.
I'm really puzzled as to how I publish my presentation as web
pages and yet obtain a self-running kiosk presentation from
the process. Thought one had to hyperlink to other pages. I
don't want to get into web management just to run a presentation.
I certainly don't want my customers to be clicking on links.
Perhaps I'm too old (56) to learn all these new tricks. It would
be very nice if MS made it simple by creating a PPT2K viewer or,
better yet, allowed us to save our presentations as .scr files--
complete with animation. Ooooh, I'd like that!
Thanks, Michael. I'm off to save everything as web pages.
Roy
Michael Koerner
To set up a self-running show: open the presentation, click Set Up Show on
the Slide Show menu, and then click Browsed at a kiosk (full screen). When
you click this option, Loop continuously until "Esc" is automatically
selected
Publish a presentation or HTML file to the Web
To make sure your presentation looks the way you want in your Web browser,
preview the presentation as a Web page before you publish it.
Michael
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echos
on the computers at work, but you don't want anything actually loaded on them. Is
that correct? If that's the case, then I believe (Sonia, please correct me if I'm
wrong.) that you can put your show and the viewer on the CD to run, and it doesn't
load anything to the harddrive. Sonia and Steve H. even developed a wizard thingy
to make it easy to get all the files in the right place on the CDs.
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/Autorun_CD.htm
Since my memory's not always spot on, I trust you'll tell me if I'm mixing you up
with someone else.
Echo
Roy Anderson wrote:
> Well, now, how is this IE5 approach supposed to work? I set my first
> PPT presentation to use the entire screen. Don't want to give part
> of the screen back to IE5 and its screen consumptive menu/status bars.
>
> Is there a way to specify in IE5 or PPT that my presentation is to
> use the entire screen? If so, I'm overlooking it.
>
> Yesterday, made first attempt to display new presentation using IE5.
> Saved presentation as .pps file, copied it to CD-RW, took disc to
> my store (I'm a CompUSA salesman) and loaded file on demo PCs.
>
> Browsed IE5 to the .pps file. IE5 "flashed" a different page image
> for a split second and then acted as if the .pps never existed.
> Tried the process several times and got the same result. Bummer.
>
> Roy
>
Roy Anderson
You're exactly right. I'm a computer salesman who wants to dedicate
two or three of our older demo PCs to displaying self-running PP
kiosk-type presentations about our training, warranty coverage, and
so forth.
None of our systems are equipped with PowerPoint. And because we
sell our demos once they move into discountinued mode, flexibility
is paramount. We to be able to shift presentations to other
systems quickly and without any coding.
Most importantly, I need the presentation to run on screen as if
it were running on my home PC--filling the screen, executing the
animations, and so forth. We have a Microsoft CE presentation
running in the store right now which is CD-based. Uses IE5 in
full-screen mode. Microsoft won't divulge the secrets on how it
created the presentation. (Darn.)
Yes, Echo, I've downloaded Sonia's package. It looks terrific.
Got sidetracked on creating presentation as a web. Not what
I expected at all.) I'll return to Sonia's program tonight.
John O
be, but I don't see why the viewer cannot be used
here. They give it away to anybody, right? Build a
batch file, complete with an icon, that allows you
to kill the presentation with a double-click, and
leave the viewer.
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Roy Anderson
Let me assure you that I certainly welcome your input.
Thanks very much!
This is my first presentation effort and I'm having
fun with it. I've learned so much from all you in this
NG. Kudos to all who take the time to help others.
Since this is a learning process, I'm working my way
through things such as "Build a batch file" and
"complete with icon". This time next week, I hope to
know how to do all that, too. (Smile.)
Thanks to all for being patient with this rookie.
Roy
John O
MS gives away the viewer, as I recall they allow
you to distribute it many different ways,
preloading onto a PC may be an issue, but now that
I think about it they do that so much that it
keeps getting them in trouble in the first
place... so I believe you can load the viewer onto
these PCs and just leave it there. (Read the EULA)
The presentation is a sales tool, and IMO leaving
it there won't cause any technical problems, all
my PCs came with nifty show-off tools that did
little *for me* other than waste HDD space.
The batch file thing is little more than a quick
way to get rid of the presentation. These are
becoming a lost art, but they are one area where
DOS still kicks Windows' butt. Any DOS book will
describe how to make one, and for this purpose
they are REAL easy. You can put a shortcut to the
batch file somwehere to reach it from the Windows
GUI, or just know that you have to get at it from
the Run menu or a DOS prompt. Run the batch file
just before you sell the machine, and it's clean
again.
I just see this as a bit simpler than the
alternatives you were considering. Maybe not as
slick, though, nor as much fun to make in the end.
But the payoff for laziness is immediate. :-P
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Jim Ley
> The batch file thing is little more than a quick
> way to get rid of the presentation. These are
> becoming a lost art, but they are one area where
> DOS still kicks Windows' butt.
Windows Script Host, has finally brought windows back so no more need to
rely on batch files.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
Jim.
Steve Rindsberg
> sell our demos once they move into discountinued mode, flexibility
> is paramount. We to be able to shift presentations to other
> systems quickly and without any coding.
Sounds like Sonia & Steve's wizardry is just the ticket. Note that it
doesn't install anything on the PC that you're not allowed to distribute
freely ... you wouldn't have to worry about removing any software when you
sell the box.