PowerPoint Viewer

by Microsoft

PowerPoint Viewer is a free, now retired Microsoft tool for viewing and printing PowerPoint presentations without PowerPoint installed.

Operating system: Windows

Publisher: Microsoft

Release: PowerPoint Viewer 14.0.4754.1000

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Microsoft Office is one of the most popular office suites. Unfortunately, not everyone can buy this creation from the software giant, because in order to fully enjoy the functionality of Microsoft Office, you will have to spend a round sum. That's why Microsoft decided to release a number of free tools, which cover separate functions of their famous package. A good example of such a program is the PowerPoint Viewer tool. As its name suggests, it serves as a tool for viewing documents (particularly presentations) created in PowerPoint.

The advantages of the program include support for presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and all later versions, including password-protected files. And also support of a considerable quantity of formats, among which .ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .pot, .potx, .potm, .pps, .ppsx and .ppsm. The utility allows you to easily switch to full-screen mode, display graphics effects and transitions added to the presentation and play back audio and video. You can view and print presentations, but you cannot add comments or make any changes to the document, and macros, linked or OLE objects and IRM-protected presentations are not supported. Microsoft retired PowerPoint Viewer on April 30, 2018, so it is no longer available from Microsoft and receives no security updates. In general, we have a useful program for people who have to show presentations on older Windows computers. Especially Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer will help those who do not want to or do not have the opportunity to work with a full-fledged office suite Microsoft Office.

PowerPoint Viewer allows users to view, print, and present PowerPoint presentations, even if they don't have Microsoft Office installed.
Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7, Server 2003 R2 or 2008
256 MB RAM
270 MB free disk space
1024 x 768 or higher screen resolution

PROS
Views PowerPoint presentations without Microsoft Office installed.
Provides full screen and printing options for presentations.
It's completely free and easy to use.

CONS
Cannot create or edit PowerPoint presentations, only view them.
Does not run macros or open IRM-protected files.
No longer supported or updated by Microsoft.
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