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 full-featured presentations created in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. The PowerPoint Viewer supports viewing presentations created in PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, and PowerPoint 2002. The PowerPoint Viewer also supports opening password-protected PowerPoint presentations.

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System Requirements

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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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