# Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer Readme File

Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer Readme File

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This document provides late-breaking information about the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer.

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About the PowerPoint Viewer

System Requirements

Multilingual Issues

Working with the PowerPoint Viewer

#### About the PowerPoint Viewer

The Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer allows you to view presentations created in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2007. The PowerPoint Viewer also supports opening password-protected PowerPoint presentations.
NOTE: To view presentations created in PowerPoint 2007 you will need to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats. See http://office.microsoft.com/ for further information.

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#### System Requirements

- PC with a 200 MHz or higher processor
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later
- Supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, Windows XP with Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista.
- Random access memory (RAM):
  - For Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4: 64 MB of RAM
  - For Windows XP with Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003: 128 MB of RAM
  - For Windows Vista: 512 MB of RAM
- 5 MB of available hard disk space
- Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher screen resolution

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#### Multilingual Issues

The PowerPoint Viewer does not support the Microsoft Office Proofing Tools.

The PowerPoint Viewer does not support bidirectional language presentations created in PowerPoint 97.

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#### Working with the PowerPoint Viewer

The PowerPoint Viewer does not correctly show diagram animations. Instead of showing the animations, the diagram will appear completed.

The PowerPoint Viewer does not support opening Information Rights Management (IRM) presentations.

The PowerPoint Viewer does not support running macros, programs, or opening linked or embedded objects.

The PowerPoint Viewer does not support displaying these graphic formats when linked in a presentation: .eps, .pct, .emz, .cdr, .cgm, .wpg, and .wmz.

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