pps on cd?

[Nichole Childs]

I realize the viewer cannot run macros, but still I need to ask this
question.

I have a pps that I want to burn to a CD along with the viewer, in case they
don't have powerpoint. The pps displays a button that runs a print macro,
but, I know, I they are running from the veiwer it will not work. My hope
is, however, they will have powerpoint and it will work.

How does this work? How can I put this on CD, then have it autorun, so that
if the user has powerpoint, it uses their program where macros work, but if
they don't have powerpoint, the viewer is used where macros won't work?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I realize the viewer cannot run macros, but still I need to ask this
question.

I have a pps that I want to burn to a CD along with the viewer, in case they
don't have powerpoint. The pps displays a button that runs a print macro,
but, I know, I they are running from the veiwer it will not work. My hope
is, however, they will have powerpoint and it will work.

How does this work? How can I put this on CD, then have it autorun, so that
if the user has powerpoint, it uses their program where macros work, but if
they don't have powerpoint, the viewer is used where macros won't work?

I don't believe you can get it to work like this.

You can have the AutoRun launch the PPS file directly; in that case, the PPS
runs in whatever program Windows uses by default when they doubleclick a PPS
icon. If they have PowerPoint, it'll run there. If they've only got the
viewer installed, then the viewer is what they get. If neither is installed,
it won't work at all.

If you include the viewer and set the autorun up to use it automatically, then
that's what it uses, period.

Perhaps you can include instructions with the CD - "If you have PowerPoint or
the free viewer installed, insert the CD to start the presentation. If you
don't have either, you can install the free viewer from this CD by [instrux]"

Keep in mind that the CD won't autorun on some systems.
And that some users may be prohibited from installing software.
And that macros will be disabled on many systems, so won't run no matter what.

Is it fun yet? ;-)