Forcing use of veiwer

[B]

Ok, here's a silly question.

SET_UP:
PPT written in PowerPoint 2002 with new transitions/animations/passwords.

Sent to (e-mail / CD) computer with PowerPoint 2000 or 97 installed.


QUESTION:
How can you force the use of PowerPoint 2003 Viewer (so the newer animations
run) instead of the computer's default PPS/PPT file association of
PowerPoint 2000?

I'd guess it would have to be done from an autorun CD, like in Sonia's
software, but I do not want to allow the recipient any options on viewing.

B

 

[Austin Myers]

Short answer, you can't. (Unless it's from an autorun CD.)

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Sonia]

There are probably ways of doing this by creating an installer that 1)
unpacks the presentation and the Viewer files to the user's hard drive, 2)
runs a BAT file that has a command to run the Viewer and open the
presentation. However, it would be a large email (min. 3MB) and users like
myself would filter it out and refuse to run it, and lots of firewalls block
executables.

If you send a CD, using our software or creating it manually, the user
doesn't have an option if they just insert the CD, and nothing is installed
on the hard drive. But a knowledgeable user can always get to the
presentation file and run it however they want.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.soniacoleman.com
(Free Templates, Tutorials, PowerLink, PowerLink Plus,
and Autorun CD Project Creator Pro)
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