<p><b class="bterm">© 2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</b></p>
<p>This document provides late-breaking information about the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer.</p>
<h4>How to use this document</h4>
<p>To view the Readme file on the screen, maximize the
browser window. To print the Readme file, click the <b class="bterm">Print</b> button on the toolbar.</p><hr><p><h4><a id="Contents" name="Contents">Contents</a></h4></p><p><a href="#328143">About the PowerPoint Viewer</a></p><p><a href="#328143s">System Requirements</a></p><p><a href="#328143g">Multilingual Issues</a></p><p><a href="#328143b">Working with the PowerPoint Viewer
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<h4><a id="328143" name="328143">About the PowerPoint Viewer</a></h4></p><p>The Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer allows you to view full-featured presentations created in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. The PowerPoint Viewer supports viewing presentations created in PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, and PowerPoint 2002.
The PowerPoint Viewer also supports opening password-protected PowerPoint presentations.</p><p>Return to <a href="#Contents">Contents</a></p><p><h4><a id="328143s" name="328143s">System Requirements</a></h4></p><p><ul><li>PC with a 200 MHz or higher processor</li><li>Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later</li><li>Supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003.</li><li>Random access memory (RAM):<ul><li>For Windows 98 SE, Windows ME: 32 MB of RAM
</li><li>For Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3: 64 MB of RAM</li><li>For Windows XP, Windows Server 2003: 128 MB of RAM
</li></ul></li><li>5 MB of available hard disk space</li><li>Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher screen resolution</li></ul>
</p><p>Return to <a href="#Contents">Contents</a></p><p><h4><a id="328143g" name="328143g">Multilingual Issues</a></h4></p><p>
The PowerPoint Viewer does not support the Microsoft Office Proofing Tools.</p><p>The PowerPoint Viewer does not support bidirectional language presentations created in PowerPoint 97.
</p><p>Return to <a href="#Contents">Contents</a></p><p><h4><a id="328143b" name="328143b">Working with the PowerPoint Viewer
</a></h4></p><p>The PowerPoint Viewer does not correctly show diagram animations. Instead of showing the animations, the diagram will appear completed.</p><p>The PowerPoint Viewer does not support opening Information Rights Management (IRM) presentations.</p><p>The PowerPoint Viewer does not support running macros, programs, or opening linked or embedded objects.</p><p>The PowerPoint Viewer does not support displaying these graphic formats when linked in a presentation: .eps, .pct, .emz, .cdr, .cgm, .wpg, and .wmz.</p><p>Return to <a href="#Contents">Contents</a></p></body></html>