Power point viewer 2003

i Have downloaded Power point Viewer 2003. I have a CD with power point
slides from Chapters in books. SOme of them when try to open say the file is
corrupted. Some open fine. I know it is not the file that is corrupted. I
have seen where Power Point 2003 ( not Viewer) has a patch for this problem,
however the patch does not work for the viewer. Does anyone know what I can
do for the Viewer?
Thanks!

That is not an issue for the Viewer, so no fix is needed. How do you know that
the files are not the problem? Have you opened them in PowerPoint ?
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"ObxVaGirl" wrote in message
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i Have downloaded Power point Viewer 2003. I have a CD with power point
slides from Chapters in books. SOme of them when try to open say the file is
corrupted. Some open fine. I know it is not the file that is corrupted. I
have seen where Power Point 2003 ( not Viewer) has a patch for this problem,
however the patch does not work for the viewer. Does anyone know what I can
do for the Viewer?
Thanks!

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the Critical
Update or Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 as soon as possible. From
PowerPoint, choose "Help - Check for Updates".]
[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint
that you just created (you can save, but not open)? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello,

You are correct in assuming that PowerPoint Viewer 2003 has the same
problem as PowerPoint 2003 (and Word and Excel) which, for the
applications, was addressed by the Office 2003 Critical Update
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828041). However the Critical Update
does not resolve the problem for PowerPoint Viewer 2003.

You can fix/update PowerPoint Viewer 2003 by doing the following:

FOR POWERPOINT VIEWER INCLUDED IN POWERPOINT/OFFICE 2003 BOX:

* Simply install Sevice Pack 1 for Office 2003

FOR POWERPOINT VIEWER 2003 DOWNLOADED FROM WEB

* Simply uninstall current PowerPoint Viewer 2003 and install the NEW
version of the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 from the Office 2003 downloads site
at:


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...727-43AB-4F24-
90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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