Solved Compatibility pack for 2007 office system

[pappi]

I am not using 2007 office system. I use Microsoft works and WordPad. Can I safely remove the Compatibility Pack(and free all 173 MB HD space it occupies)? Also, what is Microsoft Office Power Point Viewer? Am I using it?

 

[whs]

The Power Point Viewer allows you to view PowerPoint shows. I would keep that because you might get PP files from your friends thru the mail - like this one. But for this one you need no PP Viewer because it is an uploaded file.

I am not sure what the compatibility pack is. I would investigate some more before deleting it. 173 MBs is peanuts.

 

[Sven1458]

pappi
the compatibility pack is to upgrade MS word and other programs so that you can read ".DOCX " files that are created by word 2007 and later. I would keep it, because people are updating there Office programs and if you uninstall it, you will not be able to read them

Sven

 

[whs]

pappi
the compatibility pack is to upgrade MS word and other programs so that you can read ".DOCX " files that are created by word 2007 and later. I would keep it, because people are updating there Office programs and if you uninstall it, you will not be able to read them

Sven

But he does not have Word - he has Works.

 

[Sven1458]

whs,
you are correct, I misread that.
Who would install the compatibility pack if you don't need it, or does it work on MS Works also?

Sven

 

[derekimo]

It's for word, excel, and powerpoint,

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word Excel and Powerpoint - Office.com

Since he has a powerpoint viewer it probably comes into play for viewing newer powerpoint files.

 

[whs]

I doubt it has anything to do with Works. That is a very old program from before 2000. Some people like it though. I have it on my system too but I never use it. Was just tinkering around with it.

I guess the OP can get rid of the compatibility pack - agreed ?

 

[pappi]

I think I already had deleted the 2007 suite(it no longer appears in All Programs list or in Control Panel Uninstall) but because I still have both the Compatibility Pack and PP I keep getting loads of important updates for them. So far, together, there have been 21 important labeled updates.

I am itching to delete anything that has 2007 vintage year(seems too old, to begin with) but I am not sure if deletion has deleterious effect on other programs, like PP and Works.

"I would keep that because you might get PP files from your friends thru the mail - like this one. But for this one you need no PP Viewer because it is an uploaded file.".....I clicked "like this one" but it did not show. Dunno why. Wait!!!!...OMG, it does show. It's beautiful. But how is this different from other regular viewing of clickable links?

 

[whs]

But how is this different from other regular viewing of clickable links?

This is not a video uploaded to Youtube. It is a PowerPoint show uploaded to authorStream. If I would send you the file, you could view it with your PowerPoint viewer just like that. So whenever you receive a .pptx or .ppsx file (or .ppt and .pps), the Viewer will play it.

 

[pappi]

Can you post a link to click/view that requires PP viewer? At this point I am not even sure I have PP viewer although Control Panel Uninstall list shows it(132 MB size). It is also listed in All Programs....but when I double click it a window pops out and I have no idea what to do with it.

 

[derekimo]

Can you post a link to click/view that requires PP viewer? At this point I am not even sure I have PP viewer although Control Panel Uninstall list shows it(132 MB size). It is also listed in All Programs....but when I double click it a window pops out and I have no idea what to do with it.
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That window just wants you to select a powerpoint file from your computer.

If you don't have any and really want the 132MB of space, you can uninstall it. If you ever need it again you can reinstall it.

132MB is really not a big chunk, but it's your computer.

 

[whs]

Download this one (right click on the icon), open it and see what happens.

 

[pappi]

Right clicking the icon results in an insert pop out box that gives several selection menu:


Going for the first option, another insert pop-out box appears:


Going for 2nd option or just double clicking the icon, I got this window that opens to 6 pages:

 

[derekimo]

Try the download option, then you can give the powerpoint viewer you have installed a practice run.

Once downloaded, you can just double click on it to see if it plays.

Or, from this previous window you posted,

Point it to the file you just downloaded.

 

[pappi]

PP viewer does not play the videofile is bigger...or something)


And then I am advised to install Student 2013 which cost $99.99/one year.

 

[whs]

This is NOT your PowerPoint Viewer. This is PP On-line thru your browser. You have to download the file and then double click on it once it is on your system.

To download the file to your system, follow the instructions on the picture.

 

[pappi]

OK, I did download and then tried to view some vids...but PP Viewer warns that the hyperlink video might contain some malwares that might have detrimental effect to my system. So, I did not play the vid. But it seems I do have PP viewer and perhaps it is cautiously working.

And since I already have a very good default snipping tool, I see no reason to use another. So I decided to delete the downloaded JING.

WHS, thanks for turning me on PP and PP viewer. I had zero clue on what PP was. Now I do and can't wait to use it on some files that have no malware warning. I also decided to keep the compatibility pack since PP might be dependent on it.

 

[whs]

pappi, there is no malware. It is all data from my system. Go ahead and run it and let us know whether it worked.

Deleting Jing may have been a mistake. It has a lot of nifty options. What snipping tool are you using.

 

[pappi]

W7(and Vista)comes with built in snipping tool buried in Accessories folder. It's super uncomplicated and so user friendly that even I can use it. (by the way is that the same as screenshot?).


Do you have another PP file that is didactic or entertaining like the Venice Carnival?

 

[whs]

With your snipping tool I could never have made the snip in post #16 above. Make a test - right click on the desktop and make a snip of the context menu like this.



I have a very large collection of PowerPoint files, but none are uploaded. I'll see what I can do and let you know.