1.Download PPView97.exe to your local hard drive.

2.Close all other applications and ensure that you are not running any utilities or virus protection programs.

3.In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or the Windows NT 3.51 File Manager, double-click the PowerPoint Viewer icon. This will run an unpack utility that extracts the PowerPoint Viewer 97 distribution files and starts the PowerPoint Viewer 97 Setup program.

4.PowerPoint Viewer 97 Setup will prompt you for a folder in which to install PowerPoint Viewer. The default folder location for PowerPoint Viewer is \Program Files\PowerPoint Viewer (C:\PowerPoint Viewer on Windows NT 3.51).

5.After choosing the folder location for PowerPoint Viewer

The Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 for Windows 16-bit Operating Systems opens presentations saved in PowerPoint for Windows 2.0 or later and PowerPoint for Macintosh 3.0 or later and allows people who use Microsoft PowerPoint to share their presentations with users who do not have PowerPoint. We encourage you to copy and distribute PowerPoint Viewer to your friends and co-workers or post it on public electronic bulletin boards.

Windows 95 and Windows NT users should use the PowerPoint Viewer 97 for Windows 32-bit operating systems which is also available for download.

System Requirements for Using PowerPoint 97 Viewer:

A personal computer with a 486 or higher processor
Win 3.0 or later
4 MB of memory
3 MB of hard disk space (6 MB free for installation only)
VGA or higher-resolution video adapter
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

To install PowerPoint Viewer, please follow these instructions:

To install PowerPoint Viewer, you must have the file PPView16.exe on your LAN or local hard drive. Close all other applications and ensure that you are not running any utilities or virus protection programs. In Windows File Manager, double-click PPView16.exe. Follow these instructions to successfully complete the installation.

1. Installation of PowerPoint Viewer is designed to take place from within Microsoft
Windows. If Windows is not running, please start it before continuing. Make sure to close all applications first, and make sure you are not running any utilities or virus protection before proceeding. It is very important that your computer runs under a Windows 16-bit operating system in order to install this version of PowerPoint Viewer. The Setup application for PowerPoint Viewer prevents you from installing PowerPoint Viewer in a 32-bit operating system like Windows 95 or Windows NT(r). A 32-bit version of PowerPoint Viewer 97 is also available.

2. If you download PPView16.exe and choose to run it, the file will unpack itself. You can also save the file to a local folder and run PPView16.exe later. This is the recommended method. The unpack program will ask you for a destination folder. The default is c:\PPSetup. After choosing a destination folder, select "Unzip". When finished, select "Close". After unpacking the contents of PPView16.exe you will have to start the PowerPoint Viewer Setup program (setup.exe) in order to  continue the installation of Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. Use File Manager to open the destination folder, then double-click on the setup program (setup.exe).

3. PowerPoint Viewer Setup will prompt you for a folder in which to install PowerPoint Viewer or you can simply accept the suggested default location. The default folder location for PowerPoint Viewer is C:\PPTVIEW.

4. After choosing the folder location for PowerPoint Viewer, continue through setup and click "Install" to install PowerPoint Viewer. 

5. To run PowerPoint Viewer, in File Manager, double-click on the PPTView.exe file. You can also double-click on the PowerPoint Viewer icon in Program Manager.