Using Authorware to Launch Powerpoint Files

Ok, I am a complete newbie when it comes to Powerpoint.
What I'm trying to do is create a menu in Authorware, that
will be published
as a .exe file. It will have several buttons that will act as
a launcher for
several Powerpoint Slideshows to be used in a classroom
instructional
course.
What is the best way to launch Powerpoint files from
Authorware?
Is there a way to export/publish/package a .ppt file so that
it can be a
standalone .exe file so that I don't have to open Powerpoint
to display the
.ppt file?

You can rename any .ppt to .pps and it will open in
Powerpoint in
'slideshow' mode. So if every machine will have Powerpoint
installed, a
simple JumpOut to a .pps should work fine.
Otherwise, I'm pretty sure Pack and Go creates an .exe with
the PPT
viewer bundled, which then extracts and runs when launched.
Been a long
time since I've played with Pack and Go, however, so that
could be bad
info ;-)
Erik
Steve Howard wrote:
>
>> The target machines will have Powerpoint installed,
because the
>> instructors
>> will be using those same computers to edit the
powerpoint files.
>>
>> At this point, that's all I know about it. My boss
just asked me if it
>> was possible to have Authorware open a powerpoint
file.
>
> Try our JumpFileReturn for now. Whenever I had to do
this in the past we
> were using Office 97 (!!!!) and so maybe more recent
versions of
> PowerPoint don't need the workaround with the PPS viewer
and
> ShellExecute that I mentioned.
>
> Steve
>
>
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