PowerPoint to EXE (Part 4) in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

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Part IV: Creating the EXE

16. Choose No restart the system since we are not installing any system files (see Figure 16). Click Next.
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    Figure 16: Configure restart
17. It's a good idea to save all the wizard settings as a self extraction directive (SED) file, choose a name and file location, as shown in Figure 17, before you click Next.
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    Figure 17: Save self extraction directive
18. There's nothing to change in this screen unless you want to go back and change any of the settings (see Figure 18). Click Next.
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    Figure 18: Create package
19. Click the Finish button shown in Figure 19.
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    Figure 19: Create package
20. This will activate a DOS/command window, see Figure 20 that will compress all actual files down to almost 50% and create a standalone EXE that contains everything, the presentation(s), linked files and even the Viewer!
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    Figure 20: DOS/command window
21. Test your standalone EXE.