power point viewer

[Soundguy]

Anyone got a link to a viewer to see PPS power point slide shows?

On my laptop I actually have microsoft office PPS viewer ( but not power point ).. none of my other PC's have office or the viewer.. so to view a slide show I have to copy everything down to flash drive and dig the laptop out.

any shareware software out there handle this?

soundguy

 

[MikePA]

Did a Google on "powerpoint viewer' and got this as the first hit.

 

[MrJimi]

Try
Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com

 

[teg]

Microsoft Download Center Search Results

Straight from the horse's mouth...

 

[Soundguy]

Thanks guys.. looks exactly like what i'm using on the laptop. had no idea it was available outside of a OEM software bundle ( that my laptop came with )..

thanks

soundguy

 

[MossRoad]

Microsoft offers free viewers for most of their products.

 

[ultrarunner]

I'm still running Windows 98 and the MS PPS download will work ;-(

 

[Soundguy]

Good and bad news... I downloaded it at work, and my work PC took it fine.

When i got home I downloaded it, and it won't open the file.. but pops up a serial number window for msoffice. All the while I get symantec warning bubbles popping up that ms explorere is trying to access the internet. Must have had 300 bubbles come up ever couple seconds. Had to shut the pc down to go to work.. will figure out more later I guess.

soundguy

 

[OKnewguy]

Chris, I am not a huge freeware guy, but openoffice.org (sun microsystems) has a whole office suite. It comes with a Power Point (Impress is their name) program that is VERY simular to the real thing. It will allow you to view, create, edit you name it to any power point show, and you can save the show in to most versions powerpoint (PPT 2007, and older).
The office suite also has spread sheet and word programs.
Anyway, this product loads clean, and you do not have to mess with MS.
Good luck, Dave

 

[Soundguy]

I'll check it out.

I did end up solving part of my problem. there were lingering remains of an office 2003 install on my PC and that is what was trying to view the PPS, instead of the viewer I downloaded. However.. I'll still look at the sun version..e tc.

Soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

I'll check it out.

I did end up solving part of my problem. there were lingering remains of an office 2003 install on my PC and that is what was trying to view the PPS, instead of the viewer I downloaded. However.. I'll still look at the sun version..e tc.

Soundguy

 

[Bird]

I don't have Power Point on my computer, but some of my family members and friends occasionally send me e-mails with things that end in .pps. So awhile back, I downloaded one of those free power point viewers (don't remember which one), but it didn't work, so I later uninstalled and deleted it. When folks send something with that .pps extension, I just delete those e-mails, but I'd still like to have a viewer if I knew which one would work.

 

[texbaylea]

I use WordPerfect Office Pro for all my work but I also keep OpenOffice on my machines for those times (rare) that the WordPerfect tools won't handle MS formats. OpenOffice works well I just am not ready to move from WordPerfect, have used it since DOS versions.

Vernon

 

[MossRoad]

I don't have Power Point on my computer, but some of my family members and friends occasionally send me e-mails with things that end in .pps. So awhile back, I downloaded one of those free power point viewers (don't remember which one), but it didn't work, so I later uninstalled and deleted it. When folks send something with that .pps extension, I just delete those e-mails, but I'd still like to have a viewer if I knew which one would work.

Bird, here is the link to Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from Microsoft's website. It works fine and we use it on about a hundred PCs here.

 

[ultrarunner]

Anyone have a viewer for Windows 98?

 

[teg]

Do you have the 98 Second Edition?

"...Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 98 Second Edition; bla,bla,bla..."

Download details: PowerPoint Viewer 2003

Might be worth a shot...

 

[waynokakid]

I use openoffice. It is similar to microsoft office without outlook. You can open and save files for or from microsoft. Best of all it is free to download and use. I open powerpoint files all the time with it. Give a look into it.
OpenOffice.org: Home

 

[Bird]

Bird, here is the link to Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 from Microsoft's website. It works fine and we use it on about a hundred PCs here.

Thanks, David. I downloaded it, so we'll see if it works the next time I get a .pps document via e-mail.

Well, I just realized that I still have an e-mail with such a file. And when I try to open it, I get an error message that says:

This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel.

So what does that mean I'm supposed to do?

 

[teg]

Bird, after you downloaded the file: "PowerPointViewer.exe", did you double click it, to install it on your computer?

If you did, you just need to "show" your e-mail program where to "find" the program so that it can run the viewer.

Basically, you'll want to "Select the program from a List". If you get a popup box that says "Open With" at the top, you'll be doing well. If the viewer is not listed in the main part of the popup box called: "Programs", you might have to click on the "Browse..." button and locate the program file that way. (If this is the case, let me know and I can go into more detail)

 

[Bird]

Yep, I double clicked to install it, then had to click to accept their terms, then it said preparing to install, and finally "Installation Complete". Then when I double click on an attachment to an e-mail, I get the error message already mentioned. I haven't found a way to get that "Open with" message.