Distributing a Powerpoint 2000 presentation on CD that plays automatically from CD insert

[David Dubroff]

Hello...

Using Powerpoint 2000 for Windows, I would like to have a presentation saved
onto a CD-R in such a way that recipients can insert this CD into their
computer and begin watching the presentation with as little user
intervention as possible.

What do I need to do in order to have a Powerpoint 2000 presentation
automatically play from CD on anyone's PC, even if their PC does not have
the full Powerpoint application?

I tried the "Pack and Go" option, but with this option, it appears that a
"PNGsetup" file must be executed first, in order for someone to view the
"PPZ" presentation file created from the "Pack and Go" process.

Please advise.....

Dave

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24
-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

The PPTFAQ has some more details and links to more detailed explanations.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================

 

[Sonia]

A bit of a correction. The autorun.inf file must open an executable, so
your solution won't work as coded. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files must
also reside on the CD, so once it is downloaded and installed, the trick is
to locate it and each of the files and place them on the CD. The
autorun.inf file would need to be:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

The CD include the following files in the root directory:
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
unicows.dll

--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24
-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

The PPTFAQ has some more details and links to more detailed explanations.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================

Hello...

Using Powerpoint 2000 for Windows, I would like to have a presentation saved
onto a CD-R in such a way that recipients can insert this CD into their
computer and begin watching the presentation with as little user
intervention as possible.

What do I need to do in order to have a Powerpoint 2000 presentation
automatically play from CD on anyone's PC, even if their PC does not have
the full Powerpoint application?

I tried the "Pack and Go" option, but with this option, it appears that a
"PNGsetup" file must be executed first, in order for someone to view the
"PPZ" presentation file created from the "Pack and Go" process.

Please advise.....

Dave

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Oops, was a bit late and I did not check what I typed in... Here is what I
meant to say (thanks for the catch Sonia), item 4 has been modified to what
I was thinking:

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24
-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=PPTVIEW.EXE"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

A bit of a correction. The autorun.inf file must open an executable, so
your solution won't work as coded. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files must
also reside on the CD, so once it is downloaded and installed, the trick is
to locate it and each of the files and place them on the CD. The
autorun.inf file would need to be:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

The CD include the following files in the root directory:
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
unicows.dll

--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

The PPTFAQ has some more details and links to more detailed explanations.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================

Hello...

Using Powerpoint 2000 for Windows, I would like to have a presentation saved
onto a CD-R in such a way that recipients can insert this CD into

their that

a

 

[Sonia]

But, that will only open the Viewer, requiring the user to use File > Open
to locate and open the presentation.pps file. My autorun.inf file will
automatically open the presentation:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

Also, the downloaded file at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en
is an installer, not the Viewer. You must run the file to extract the
needed files and then include them on the CD.

Oops, was a bit late and I did not check what I typed in... Here is what I
meant to say (thanks for the catch Sonia), item 4 has been modified to what
I was thinking:

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24
-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=PPTVIEW.EXE"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

A bit of a correction. The autorun.inf file must open an executable, so
your solution won't work as coded. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files must
also reside on the CD, so once it is downloaded and installed, the trick is
to locate it and each of the files and place them on the CD. The
autorun.inf file would need to be:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

The CD include the following files in the root directory:
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
unicows.dll

--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the

presentation

is pptview.exe
and their that

 

[David Dubroff]

Thanks for the info thus far....

I will test this out real soon.

However, I would like to have another solution whereby a single EXE file
could be sent via e-mail in order for the presentation to be viewed from a
single executable file.

Is there an executable solution available that makes a single file that
contains a PowerPoint viewer and the presentation content?

Please advise....

Dave

But, that will only open the Viewer, requiring the user to use File > Open
to locate and open the presentation.pps file. My autorun.inf file will
automatically open the presentation:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

Also, the downloaded file at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en
is an installer, not the Viewer. You must run the file to extract the
needed files and then include them on the CD.

Oops, was a bit late and I did not check what I typed in... Here is what I
meant to say (thanks for the catch Sonia), item 4 has been modified to what
I was thinking:

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=PPTVIEW.EXE"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

A bit of a correction. The autorun.inf file must open an executable, so
your solution won't work as coded. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files must
also reside on the CD, so once it is downloaded and installed, the

trick
is

to locate it and each of the files and place them on the CD. The
autorun.inf file would need to be:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

The CD include the following files in the root directory:
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
unicows.dll

--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the

presentation

is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe
and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

The PPTFAQ has some more details and links to more detailed explanations.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================

Hello...

Using Powerpoint 2000 for Windows, I would like to have a presentation
saved
onto a CD-R in such a way that recipients can insert this CD into their

computer and begin watching the presentation with as little user
intervention as possible.

What do I need to do in order to have a Powerpoint 2000 presentation
automatically play from CD on anyone's PC, even if their PC does not
have
the full Powerpoint application?

I tried the "Pack and Go" option, but with this option, it appears that
a
"PNGsetup" file must be executed first, in order for someone to

view
the

"PPZ" presentation file created from the "Pack and Go" process.

Please advise.....

Dave

 

[Echo S]

I don't know of any way to create an EXE of a PPT file.

However, you might also consider saving as a web page archive (MHT,
MHTML) and sending that. If your recipients are using a recent version
of Internet Explorer, the MHT file will play in their browser. John
Langhans posted something about this on Friday in a thread entitled
"Runtime." You should check that thread, as John includes a link where
we can send our requests for these types of features into Microsoft.
Please be sure to send in your wish for this.

Finally, Shyam Pillai has an addin called SecurePack. It doesn't
currently wrap the PPT Viewer into the EXE file, but there's a note on
the page which says he's working on that.
http://www.mvps.org/skp/securepack/index.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for the info thus far....

I will test this out real soon.

However, I would like to have another solution whereby a single EXE file
could be sent via e-mail in order for the presentation to be viewed from a
single executable file.

Is there an executable solution available that makes a single file that
contains a PowerPoint viewer and the presentation content?

Please advise....

Dave

But, that will only open the Viewer, requiring the user to use File > Open
to locate and open the presentation.pps file. My autorun.inf file will
automatically open the presentation:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

Also, the downloaded file at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en
is an installer, not the Viewer. You must run the file to extract the
needed files and then include them on the CD.

Oops, was a bit late and I did not check what I typed in... Here is what I
meant to say (thanks for the catch Sonia), item 4 has been modified to what
I was thinking:

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=PPTVIEW.EXE"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

A bit of a correction. The autorun.inf file must open an executable, so
your solution won't work as coded. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files must
also reside on the CD, so once it is downloaded and installed, the trick
is
to locate it and each of the files and place them on the CD. The
autorun.inf file would need to be:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

The CD include the following files in the root directory:
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
unicows.dll

--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation
is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe
and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

The PPTFAQ has some more details and links to more detailed
explanations.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================

Hello...

Using Powerpoint 2000 for Windows, I would like to have a presentation
saved
onto a CD-R in such a way that recipients can insert this CD into
their

computer and begin watching the presentation with as little user
intervention as possible.

What do I need to do in order to have a Powerpoint 2000 presentation
automatically play from CD on anyone's PC, even if their PC does not
have
the full Powerpoint application?

I tried the "Pack and Go" option, but with this option, it appears
that
a
"PNGsetup" file must be executed first, in order for someone to view
the
"PPZ" presentation file created from the "Pack and Go" process.

Please advise.....

Dave

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Hello David,

PowerPoint does not have the ability to create a single-file executable to
distribute your presentations (and it's generally a bad idea to send
executable files anyway :->).

However, a workaround is to distribute your presentations as single file
web pages (MHTML. The MHTML was designed specifically for sending through
e-mail. This is a feature of both PowerPoint 2002 and PowerPoint 2003. Now
you have a single file that when you double-click on it will display an
HTML version of the PowerPoint slide show in the default browser for that
system.

Of course there are limitations and differences between PowerPoint HTML
presentation slide shows and native *.ppt/*.pps presentation slide shows
viewed using PowerPoint or the PowerPoint Viewer. Only you can decide, for
your presentations, whether these differences offset the convenience of the
single-file MHTML distributable slide show.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint provide
a way of distributing a presentation (with all it's supporting content) as
a single file which can be viewed in it's full fidelity without permanently
installing/copying any software on the destination computer, don't forget
to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)
John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

PowerPoint does not have the ability to create a single-file executable to

distribute your presentations (and it's generally a bad idea to send
executable files anyway :->).

Nah. It's RUNNING the suckers that'll get you into trouble.

 

[Jason C. Lamb]

David,

You COULD take the PowerPoint Viewer files that Sonia mentioned, and
your presentation and package them in a self extracting ZIP file, ie
an EXE that unzips its contents and runs a command like "pptview.exe
presentationname.pps"

Take a look at the WinZip Self-Extractor 2.2
http://www.winzip.com/winzipse.htm

Jason

Thanks for the info thus far....

I will test this out real soon.

However, I would like to have another solution whereby a single EXE file
could be sent via e-mail in order for the presentation to be viewed from a
single executable file.

Is there an executable solution available that makes a single file that
contains a PowerPoint viewer and the presentation content?

Please advise....

Dave

But, that will only open the Viewer, requiring the user to use File > Open
to locate and open the presentation.pps file. My autorun.inf file will
automatically open the presentation:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

Also, the downloaded file at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en
is an installer, not the Viewer. You must run the file to extract the
needed files and then include them on the CD.

Oops, was a bit late and I did not check what I typed in... Here is what I
meant to say (thanks for the catch Sonia), item 4 has been modified to what
I was thinking:

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=PPTVIEW.EXE"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the presentation is
dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch pptview.exe and
from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

A bit of a correction. The autorun.inf file must open an executable, so
your solution won't work as coded. The PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files must
also reside on the CD, so once it is downloaded and installed, the

trick
is

to locate it and each of the files and place them on the CD. The
autorun.inf file would need to be:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe presentationname.pps

The CD include the following files in the root directory:
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
unicows.dll

--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

1) Save your presentation as a POWERPOINT SHOW (.PPS).
2) Download the 2003 PowerPoint Viewer

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24

-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en)
3) Create an autorun file. Text file named "autorun" and says:
line 1= "[autorun]"
line 2= "OPEN=presentationname.pps"
4) Burn all to CD and test.

NOTE: the ability for a computer to automatically play the

presentation
is

dependent on it having "autoplay" as the default (which the majority of
computers do). For the computer that has autoplay disabled, It is a good
idea to note on the CD or a README file that to play launch

pptview.exe
and

from the dialog choose presentationname.pps.

The PPTFAQ has some more details and links to more detailed explanations.

--
Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
==============================
TLC Creative Services, inc.
www.tlccreative.com
==============================

Hello...

Using Powerpoint 2000 for Windows, I would like to have a

presentation
saved

onto a CD-R in such a way that recipients can insert this CD into

their

computer and begin watching the presentation with as little user
intervention as possible.

What do I need to do in order to have a Powerpoint 2000 presentation
automatically play from CD on anyone's PC, even if their PC does

not
have

the full Powerpoint application?

I tried the "Pack and Go" option, but with this option, it appears

that
a

"PNGsetup" file must be executed first, in order for someone to

view
the

"PPZ" presentation file created from the "Pack and Go" process.

Please advise.....

Dave