Quick Try this: Presentations 2 Go
Today PowerPoint Program Manager Andrew Hewatt will show you how to get presentations "under your thumb!" Ouch, OK, sorry for the pun. Really this is a useful technique for any presentation you may need to present without assurances that the computer you end up using will have PowerPoint installed.
Note: Although these instructions are shown using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, the technique will work with any version of PowerPoint that includes the Package for CD feature.
Grab your favorite USB Thumb Drive and your favorite PowerPoint presentation and try the following:
Package for CD: Copy to folder
1. With your favorite presentation open in PowerPoint 2007, click the Office Button, Publish and then Package for CD.
2. In the Package for CD window click the “Copy to folder…” button.
3. In the copy to folder window click Browse and choose your Desktop (for simplicity).
4. After choosing the folder click Ok in the copy to folder window.
Copy the contents to USB Thumb Drive
1. Insert your favorite USB Thumb Drive into your computer
2. Open the “PresentationCD” folder on your Desktop
3. Copy the entire contents of this folder into the main directory of your USB Thumb Drive
Re-insert the Thumb Drive
1. After the contents have been copied, remove the Thumb Drive
2. Find a Windows machine that does not have PowerPoint installed and insert the Thumb Drive
3. VISTA: If you found a Windows Vista machine
a. Click the Start button, then Computer
b. In this window right click on the USB Thumb Drive and click “Open Autoplay…”
c. The AutoPlay prompt should come up. Click to “Run PPTVIEW.exe”
d. Sit back and enjoy your presentation in full screen (without installing PowerPoint)
4. Windows XP/2000: If you found a Windows XP machine
a. The AutoPlay prompt should come up. Click to “open the folder and view files”.
b. In the USB Thumb Drive directory open the “play.bat” file
c. Sit back and enjoy your presentation in full screen (without installing PowerPoint)
You wanted to stay up with the times and purchased a USB Thumb Drive. Now you can utilize this new tool to take your presentations with you wherever you go. Enjoy!
