Visit the Office Update web site (http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/) to download Office 97 or newer. If you choose not to download the software, or if your current version of Office cannot support the 97 release, you can view documents created in Access, Excel, Power Point and Word by downloading the appropriate viewers from the Office Update web site.
To
view Microsoft Word 97 Documents
Go To: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadDetails/wd97vwr32.htm
1. Scroll down to the free downloads under "Word"
2. Select the correct Word 97 Viewer version for your computer and save
it to your desktop
3. Close all open applications and double click on the file icon located
on your desktop
4. Your computer will do the installation, then restart it
To
view Microsoft Power Point 97 Presentations
Go To: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadCatalog/dldPowerPoint.asp
1. Scroll down to the free downloads under "Power Point"
2. Select the correct Power Point 97 Viewer version for your computer and
save it to your desktop
3.Close all open applications and double click on the PPT icon located on
your desktop
4. Your computer will do the installation, then restart it
NOTE: if PowerPoint presentations open in the work area ofthe PowerPoint program, go to VIEW > SLIDE SHOW
To view Microsoft Access 97 Documents
Currently there are no stand alone viewers for MS Access documents. Visit
the Microsoft download site for information on how to download Access:
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/
To view Microsoft Excel 97 Documents
Currently there are no stand alone viewers for MS Excel documents. Visit
the Microsoft download site for information on how to download Excel:
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/