Welcome to the PowerPoint Viewer and Translator.  
The PowerPoint Viewer will run on Windows 3.1 and on
Windows 95.
It will allow you to view PowerPoint files
created and saved in PowerPoint for 
Windows versions 2.0 -4.0, PowerPoint for 
Windows 95 v. 7.0 or PowerPoint for Macintosh 
versions 2.0-4.0.

In addition, this disk contains a translator for
PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows 3.1 customers who may want
to open and edit files created in PowerPoint for 
Windows 95.  The setup instructions below cover both
the PowerPoint Viewer and Translator.

Please feel free to copy and distribute the PowerPoint 
Viewer and Translator floppy disk that you create by following 
the instructions below.

The following topics are covered in this file:

*  How to create a floppy disk for taking the PowerPoint 
Viewer with you to install on another computer

*  How to install the PowerPoint Viewer

*  Readme notes about the PowerPoint Viewer

Creating a PowerPoint Viewer floppy disk:

1.  Make sure you have a blank 3.5" formatted floppy 
disk in your floppy disk drive.
2.  In the Windows 95 Explorer, or Windows 3.1 
File Manager, open the folder in this directory called 
PPView.
3.  Select all the files in the Viewdisk directory 
and copy them onto the floppy disk.

You now have a PowerPoint Viewer disk that you can 
use to install the PowerPoint Viewer on any Windows 3.1
or Windows 95 system.

Installing the PowerPoint Viewer

1.  Insert the PowerPoint Viewer
floppy disk you created into drive A
2.  On Windows 95, click the Start button and click Run.
On Windows NT or Windows 3.1 Program Manager, 
click the File menu and select Run.
3.  Type a:\vsetup.exe and press ENTER.
4.  A dialog will appear asking if you want to
install the Viewer or the Translator.  Select the
option you wish to install and click OK.

The PowerPoint Viewer and/or Translator will be 
installed on your computer.

To install the Viewer directly from the CD:

1.  Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive (Drive D).
2.  In Windows 95, click the Start button and click Run
3.  Type d:\PPView\Viewdisk\vsetup.exe and press ENTER.
4.  A dialog will appear asking if you want to
install the Viewer or the Translator.  Select the
option you wish to install and click OK.

The PowerPoint Viewer and/or Translator will be installed
on your computer.


Readme Notes about the PowerPoint Viewer

This PowerPoint Viewer is a 16-bit application 
based on the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer.  While it 
runs on either Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 and 
opens files from any current or previous version of
PowerPoint, there are a few features of PowerPoint for 
Windows 95 it does not support.  We suggest you run
through your file using the Viewer and make any 
adjustments you might wish to make prior to your actual
presentation.

*  Embedded Fonts.  If you save a file with embedded fonts
in PowerPoint for Windows 95, the Viewer will not 
display those fonts unless the font is available on the
system on which you are viewing the file.  You may want
to check that the  fonts in your presentation are 
installed on the system, especially if you are using
an unusual font in your presentation.

*  Gradient fills.  PowerPoint for Windows 95 has 
support for two color shaded fills.  The PowerPoint Viewer
will display those fills as a single color to black 
gradient fill.

*  Semi-transparent fills and shadows.  The Viewer will
display the appropriate solid color fill or shadow.

*  Textured fills.  Will fill the object with the default
color scheme color.

*  Background textures.  No background is displayed.

*  Extended Animation Effects.  If you applied bulleted
list text builds, they will be displayed.  Other types
of builds are ignored.

*  Interactive settings.  Interactive settings are 
not available in the Viewer.