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Title: PPT97: How to Run PowerPoint Viewer 97 from a Compact Disc

Last reviewed: November 25, 1998 Article ID: Q173937 
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
SUMMARY

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This article describes how to setup a compact disc so that your
presentation will run automatically when you place it in
the CD-ROM drive. The presentation plays without copying any files
to the hard disk and without running Microsoft
PowerPoint Viewer 97 setup. 

NOTES: 
This procedure only works if you have a CD-ROM burner or
access to a CD-ROM burner. 
This method does not fully install the PowerPoint Viewer 97.
Therefore, the following features are not available: 

     - Hyperlinking to other PowerPoint presentations.
     - Hyperlinking to Internet Web Sites.

You need to have the PowerPoint Viewer 97, which is available
for download. 
When burning the CD-ROM for use on Microsoft Windows NT 3.51,
use the following guidelines: 
     - All directories and file names must be less than 32 characters.
     - All directories and file names must use capital letters.
     - The directory tree cannot exceed 8 levels from the root.

For additional information, please see the following articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

                 ARTICLE-ID: Q142372

TITLE : Windows NT Support for Long File Names Under CDFS
File System ARTICLE-ID: Q93604 TITLE : ISO 9660 Support for CD-ROM 

MORE INFORMATION

Step 1: Create the folder structure on your hard disk

Create the following folder structure on your hard disk: 

         Root
         \Present
         \Setup


The Present and Setup folders must be created at the root level of
the CD-ROM. The Viewer 97 looks for a Setup
folder one level below the ppview32.exe. 

Step 2: Create the Autorun.inf and *.lst file

1.On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, Point to
Accessories, and click NotePad. 

2.Enter the following information exactly as written below: 

                 [autorun]
                 open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst

NOTE: All autorun commands need to be flush left in the *.inf
file. Also the present.lst can be replaced with the
name of a presentation file, such as "myprew.ppt" or
"main.pps" as long as you do not use spaces in the
filename. 

3.On the File menu, click Save. 

4.In the Save In box, select the root folder you created in Step
1. In the File Name box, enter "autorun.inf"
           (without the quotation marks). Click Save. 

5.On the File menu, click New. 

6.Enter the name of your presentation. 

NOTE: Enter the name of the presentation only. Do not include
the path of the file. 

7.On the File menu, click Save. 

8.In the Save In box, select the \present folder you created in
Step 1. In the File Name box, enter "present.lst"
(without the quotation marks). Click Save. 

Step 2: Copying Files to the compact disc

Using a CD-ROM burner, copy the following files from your hard
disk to the appropriate folders on the compact disc.
Make sure you place the presentation files in the \present folder,
along with any linked movie (.avi) or sound (.wav)
files. 

Copy these files to the root folder on the compact disc: 

         Autorun.inf
         Base.srg
         Pp4x322.dll
         Pp7x32.dll
         Ppintlv.dll
         Ppview32.exe
         Rappt.dll
         Selfreg.dll
         Servrdep.srg
         Servrind.srg
         Sshow.srg
         Docobj.dll
         Hlink.dll
         Hlinkprx.dll
         Msimrt.dll
         Msimrt16.dll
         Msimrt32.dll
         Msimusic.dll
         Mso97v.dll
         Msorfs.dll
         Msppt8vr.olb
         Msv7enu.dll
         T2embed.dll
         Urlmon.dll
         Wininet.dll


Copy the following file to the \setup folder: 

         Ppview.dll


Copy the following files to the \present folder: 

         <your presentation>.ppt
         any linked files
         *.avi files
         *.wav files
         narrations
         Present.lst


REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

ARTICLE-ID: Q170801
TITLE     : PPT97: How to Obtain PowerPoint Viewer 97

ARTICLE-ID: Q93702
TITLE     : PPT: How to Write and Use a List File in PowerPoint
Viewer

ARTICLE-ID: Q136214
TITLE     : How to Test Autorun.inf Files

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Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbhowto


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Last reviewed: November 25, 1998
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