Can't enable "Package for CD"

[Bob on Whidbey]

I have a .pptx file with a nice presentation. Unfortunately, only
those with PP can view it. I've read that the solution is to use the
"Package for CD" feature, but it is disabled. Is there a way to enable
this feature. Why would it be disabled?

 

[Echo S]

Actually, if you save the file as a 97-2003 format, users of previous
versions of PPT will be able to open the file. Click the Office Button,
hover over Save As, and select 97-2003 format from the flyout list on the
right.

Or click Save As and select 97-2003 from the Save as Type dropdown list.

Additionally, PPT 2002 and 2003 users (and maybe 2000 users, not sure) can
install the compatibility pack that enables them to open 2007-format files.
It's here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

That said, your package for CD might be greyed out because you haven't
downloaded and installed the PPT Viewer (although it should be installed
with PPT itself, I think). It's here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

Incidentally, your users could just download the 2007 Viewer to view PPT
2007-format files.

Finally, you should know that the 2007 Viewer is really just the 2003 Viewer
bundled with the compatibility pack. Because the compat pack doesn't
actually run from CD, the Package for CD process actually converts your
2007-format file back to 97-2003 format (unless you opt to use the "archive
only" option in the package for cd dialog). So you might as well just
"backsave" it to 97-2003 format yourself.

 

[Michael Koerner]

What do you mean it is disabled? Which version of PowerPoint are you using?

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I have a .pptx file with a nice presentation. Unfortunately, only
those with PP can view it. I've read that the solution is to use the
"Package for CD" feature, but it is disabled. Is there a way to enable
this feature. Why would it be disabled?

 

[Bob on Whidbey]

I'm using PP 2007. I received the .pptx file via email. I want to pass
it on to someone who doesn't have PP.

 

[Bob on Whidbey]

Downloading the PPT Viewer helped. Thx.

I then saved the fie to the 97-2003 format. I opened that file and,
voila, the Package for CD was now enabled.

However, using that feature didn't do what I was expecting. The
resulting folder was 18MB, even though the "original" PPT file was
just 3MB. It looks like the Package for CD feature merely clocks all
the necessary file, AND the PPT Viewer all into one folder wich than
be copied to CD if I wish.

Actually, if you save the file as a 97-2003 format, users of previous
versions of PPT will be able to open the file. Click the Office Button,
hover over Save As, and select 97-2003 format from the flyout list on the
right.

Or click Save As and select 97-2003 from the Save as Type dropdown list.

Additionally, PPT 2002 and 2003 users (and maybe 2000 users, not sure) can
install the compatibility pack that enables them to open 2007-format files..
It's here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE...

That said, your package for CD might be greyed out because you haven't
downloaded and installed the PPT Viewer (although it should be installed
with PPT itself, I think). It's here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=048DC840-14E...

Incidentally, your users could just download the 2007 Viewer to view PPT
2007-format files.

Finally, you should know that the 2007 Viewer is really just the 2003 Viewer
bundled with the compatibility pack. Because the compat pack doesn't
actually run from CD, the Package for CD process actually converts your
2007-format file back to 97-2003 format (unless you opt to use the "archive
only" option in the package for cd dialog). So you might as well just
"backsave" it to 97-2003 format yourself.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyanceshttp://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kithttp://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I have a .pptx file with a nice presentation. Unfortunately, only
those with PP can view it. I've read that the solution is to use the
"Package for CD" feature, but it is disabled. Is there a way to enable
this feature. Why would it be disabled?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Echo S]

Yes, that's what Package for CD does. It gathers up the presentation, all
the linked files, and the Viewer and puts it in a folder so you can burn the
contents to CD (or it saves all that to the CD itself, sans folder).

In addition, because it saves your PPT 2007-format file to the 97-2003 file
format (because, as I mentioned earlier, the compat pack doesn't run from
the CD), your file size get bigger. This is because PPT saves all those new
effects as images so the objects look right in PPT 2003. But it also keeps
the 2007 stuff so it's all editable again when you re-open it in 2007. This
all contributes to file size.

That's why you might just want to tell the recipients to download and
install the PPT 2007 Viewer.

I think I'm gonna have to write up a page on this. It really is a messy
situation!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Downloading the PPT Viewer helped. Thx.

I then saved the fie to the 97-2003 format. I opened that file and,
voila, the Package for CD was now enabled.

However, using that feature didn't do what I was expecting. The
resulting folder was 18MB, even though the "original" PPT file was
just 3MB. It looks like the Package for CD feature merely clocks all
the necessary file, AND the PPT Viewer all into one folder wich than
be copied to CD if I wish.

Actually, if you save the file as a 97-2003 format, users of previous
versions of PPT will be able to open the file. Click the Office Button,
hover over Save As, and select 97-2003 format from the flyout list on the
right.

Or click Save As and select 97-2003 from the Save as Type dropdown list.

Additionally, PPT 2002 and 2003 users (and maybe 2000 users, not sure) can
install the compatibility pack that enables them to open 2007-format
files.
It's here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE...

That said, your package for CD might be greyed out because you haven't
downloaded and installed the PPT Viewer (although it should be installed
with PPT itself, I think). It's here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=048DC840-14E...

Incidentally, your users could just download the 2007 Viewer to view PPT
2007-format files.

Finally, you should know that the 2007 Viewer is really just the 2003
Viewer
bundled with the compatibility pack. Because the compat pack doesn't
actually run from CD, the Package for CD process actually converts your
2007-format file back to 97-2003 format (unless you opt to use the
"archive
only" option in the package for cd dialog). So you might as well just
"backsave" it to 97-2003 format yourself.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyanceshttp://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kithttp://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

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I have a .pptx file with a nice presentation. Unfortunately, only
those with PP can view it. I've read that the solution is to use the
"Package for CD" feature, but it is disabled. Is there a way to enable
this feature. Why would it be disabled?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Michael Koerner]

Looks like Echo has answered your question earlier in this thread.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I'm using PP 2007. I received the .pptx file via email. I want to pass
it on to someone who doesn't have PP.