Instructions for Viewing and Downloading PowerPoint Presentations
Note:
To view PowerPoint presentations, you must have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer. Otherwise, you can download for free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, which allows you to viewand print presentations:
•
•
To
view
a PowerPoint presentation in your web browser:
•
Click on the link to the PowerPoint presentation.
•
For
Internet Explorer
users:
o
The presentation will either open automatically in PowerPoint or a dialog boxappears prompting you to
Open
or
Save
the file. Click on the
Open
button.
•
For
Firefox
users:
o
The presentation will either open automatically in PowerPoint or a dialog boxappears asking you
“What should Firefox do with this file?”
You can either
Open with
or
Save to Disk
. Select the
Open with
option, leave the default software set at
Microsoft OfficePowerPoint
, and then click
OK
. (If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your computer,see note on installing PowerPoint Viewer above.)
•
For
Netscape Navigator
and
Mozilla
users:
o
The presentation with either open automatically in PowerPoint or a dialog boxappears asking you
“What should Mozilla do with this file?”
You can choose from
Open itwith the default application (PowerPoint)
,
Open it with
(and then select an application), or
Save it to Disk
. Select the
Open it with the default application (PowerPoint)
and thenclick
OK
. (If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your computer, see note on installingPowerPoint Viewer above.)
To
download
a PowerPoint presentation and save it to your computer:
•
Personal computer users should right-click on the link to the PowerPoint presentation and choose
Save Target As…
(for Internet Explorer users),
Save Link Target As…
(for
Netscape Navigator
and
Mozilla
users), and
Save Link As…
(for
Firefox
users). Then choose a location to save the presentation on your computer. Open Microsoft PowerPoint, click on
File
,
Open
, and return to thelocation where you saved the presentation file and click
Open
.
•
Macintosh
users should hold down the mouse button on the link to the PowerPoint presentation andchoose
Download Link to Disk…
(for
Internet Explorer
users) or
Save this Link As…
(for
Netscape Navigator
users). Then choose a location to save the presentation on your computer. OpenMicrosoft PowerPoint, click on
File
,
Open
, and return to the location where you saved the presentation to open the file.
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