Hi Jan,

Yes, I have heard of this, and thought about that too, but, with ME, I have
not had much luck with some of the newer add-ins, either installing
properly, or working properly. I'll to attenting the 2nd annual PowerPoint
Live Conference being held in San Diego in Oct this year, and I'll be able
to meet up again with my PPT MVP buddies Steve Rindsberg, Brian Rielly, and
a few of the other top PPT graphics and media MVP's who will be hosting the
various siminars there, as well as John Langhans, MS PowerPoint
Supportability Program Manager, and Richard Brettschneider, Lead Program
Manager for PowerPoint, who will also be attending again this year. Sooo...
I'll make this one of my primary investigation projects while there. ;=))

Sounds like the perfect place to bounce some ideas around.
If you happen to come across some good ideas, pass them along.
I'm in the same boat about wanting to 'show' people a database
program who do not have Access. I don't really have the money for
the Developer's Edition.

You might be the only one who understands what that is.
;-)

LOL!! W'll hey....the Gold Star calendar on the wall over my 'puter is
totally dedicated to that! ;=))

Excellent, well done!

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*280 Days Left*

"Jan Il" wrote in message ...
Hi Jeff! :-)

"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
"Jan Il" wrote:

Hi Jan,

Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97 Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are doing on the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to an .exe file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a very long time,
but
burning it onto a CD should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into smaller chunks.

I have a personal restaurant database I have been working on for a
couple
of years and for Version 1.0 ALL of my Help files were created with
this utility.
For example, to display posting an invoice I simply recorded an
example.
All of the Help topics were launched from a "Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project became MUCH
bigger.

Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should be able to
open
the files whether or not they have any Access/Office version. I'm not
sure
if this utility came bundled with later Office versions.
I know you can also purchase programs like these as well.

Just a thought.

And it sounds like a very good idea one, too! But, neither I, or the
company, ever had Access 97, as we went from Word Perfect straight to
Office
2000. I still have ME at home, but, we have NT at work. I have heard of
similar programs that you probably are thinking of too. I'll check out
the
possiblities of some of them, as it might be worth it in presenting app.
excerpts on machines that don't have Access.

Sounds like Camcorder might not be an option based on Brendan's
observations.

I'm in Virginia at the moment, so I can't check my home machine right
now,
but, as you mention this, it seems to me I have seen something in
reference
to a 'Camcorder' in my trees somewhere on the hard drive and I just
never
paid attention to it. It may be someting that came with another program
I
have, or just a thingie to 'go with'. I'll check this out when I get
home.

Well you may find this to be a complete surprise, especially since you are
a "PowerPoint Junkie",
but have you looked at the Producer Add-In for Powerpoint 2002 and 2003? I
did a little research and
came across it. I've never heard of it, but it appears to do basically the
same thing as Camcorder
does (not positive though).

The 2003 Producer Add-In works with PowerPoint 2002 and 2003. I know you
have 2002, but the OS may
be a problem. It looks like it won't work on ME. The articles say "not
supported" so it may not
install at all or it will, but you would not receive any support for
problems. Not sure.

Here are some links to get you started:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/powe.../overview.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/office/powe...fo/sysreq.mspx



http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en



http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...EC010331121033

(Watch out for any line wrapping)

I would definitely ask your PowerPoint MVP friends about it. Maybe someone
has a spot to download
the older 2002-only Add-In which might work on ME. Just a thought.


Thank you very much for the additional information. It would be nice if
they had continued to include such a function with their newer Office
versions, or at least an add-to maybe. Perhaps I can make a wish?? g

Well your wish may have already been granted.

Hopefully so...g

*281 Days Left*

And counting!! ;=)))




Jan

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME

Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I need to show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access loaded.

If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link where I can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the past hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just thought I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)

Best regards.

Jan
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that's why they're so contagious.