# free viewer for \*.pps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 4, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-viewer-for-pps/71260 "2001-07-04T22:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Glenoled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Glenoled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glenoled)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-viewer-for-pps/71260/1 "2001-07-04T22:55:09Z")
I’ve been looking around for something to view \*.pps files (I think they’re Powerpoint files), but all I’ve found are commercial app’s with no shareware/freeware versions. Does anyone know of a freeware app that’ll let me view them? ---
**Author:** ![johnboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@johnboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnboy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-viewer-for-pps/71260/2 "2001-07-04T23:07:21Z")
Check out Microsoft’s website. ---
**Author:** ![Sparklo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Sparklo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparklo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-viewer-for-pps/71260/3 "2001-07-04T23:25:10Z")
I think this [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpreskit/html/appa13.asp](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpreskit/html/appa13.asp) is what you want. ---
**Author:** ![Glenoled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Glenoled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glenoled)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-viewer-for-pps/71260/4 "2001-07-04T23:36:37Z")
Thanks, Sparklo. That’s exactly what I was looking for… 🙂