Powerpoint Question

[LicensedToTrade]

Can anyone recommend a self-contained piece of software that will allow me run PowerPoint presentations straight from a pendrive?

In otherwords the software would be on the pendrive as would the ppt file so that I could run it on a PC that did not have PowerPoint installed.

If it's free, even better.

 

[GortonBorn]

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable

There you go...

Can anyone recommend a self-contained piece of software that will allow me run PowerPoint presentations straight from a pendrive?

In otherwords the software would be on the pendrive as would the ppt file so that I could run it on a PC that did not have PowerPoint installed.

If it's free, even better.

 

[LicensedToTrade]

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable

There you go...

Ooooh I like it, much kudos.

Thanks very much.

 

[eukhost]

Since the data on the pen/flash drive would be processed by the computing machine, it is necessary that the essential files are loaded onto it. So, you'd either required that PowerPoint is pre-loaded or you'll have to install it whenever you are to show the ppt.

Else you may have the openoffice setup in the flash drive, it should help you a great deal with soving the issue.

 

[Posilan]

Since the data on the pen/flash drive would be processed by the computing machine, it is necessary that the essential files are loaded onto it. So, you'd either required that PowerPoint is pre-loaded or you'll have to install it whenever you are to show the ppt.

Else you may have the openoffice setup in the flash drive, it should help you a great deal with soving the issue.

Erm, nope the viewer GortonBorn recommended (and just beat me to ) will work just fine without any installation

Steve

 

[fisicx]

Isn't there an option to save as PowerPoint slideshow so it runs without loading the program. I'm sure that how I used to do it.

 

[LicensedToTrade]

Isn't there an option to save as PowerPoint slideshow so it runs without loading the program. I'm sure that how I used to do it.

Probably, but I'll be using a laptop that I haven't yet seen, I don't have a clue what drivers it does or doesn't have, I don't know if it is XP, Vista or 7 and I cannot find out until I'm there tomorrow so I'm just trying to make sure that everything I need is on the pendrive.

I've just downloaded the software, installed it on a drive and ran a PPT on it. I've only got one complaint about it. It took a whole 30 seconds to download the file

Just kidding I can't complain, it works exactly as required.

 

[JackieC]

Not sure about current versions of Powerpoint, but it used to be that all you had to do was save the presentation as a .pps file instead of a .ppt file and it would auto-run on any pc.

Jackie