MACROMEDIA BREEZE Installation Manual page 8

Hardware requirements for the Breeze Presentation platform
Your computer must meet the following hardware requirements for installing and using the Breeze
Presentation platform:
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A Pentium III, 733 MHz processor
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512 MB of RAM
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A CD-ROM drive
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A hard disk with the following disk space:
1 GB for Macromedia Breeze Presentation platform installation
10 GB per 100 presentations
Software requirements for the Breeze Presentation platform
You must have the following software on your computer to install the Breeze Presentation platform:
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One of the following Windows operating systems:
Windows XP Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2003 Professional
Windows 2003 Server
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A local printer driver
The computer that is going to host the Breeze Presentation platform must have a local printer
driver on it before you install Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Office, or run the Breeze installer.
This requirement applies even if the computer hosting the Breeze Presentation platform does not
connect to a local printer.
If your server hardware platform lacks a local printer (LPT) port, you can install a local printer by
starting the printer spooling service, and then setting it to start automatically.
Note: If you installed PowerPoint or Microsoft Office prior to installing a local printer driver, be sure to install
the printer driver before installing the PowerPoint or Microsoft Office service packs and updates.
If there is no local printer driver or you install the printer driver after the Presentation platform is
installed, the Presentation platform cannot convert PowerPoint presentations to Breeze Flash
presentations. For instructions on verifying that a printer driver is installed and installing one if
necessary, see the following procedures.
A local printer driver must be installed before you install Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 or Microsoft
PowerPoint 2003.
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 or Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2003 must be installed on the computer that is going to host the
Breeze Presentation platform before you run the Breeze installer. If PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint
2003 are not installed, or if you install PowerPoint after the Presentation platform is installed, the
Presentation platform cannot convert PowerPoint presentations to Breeze Flash presentations.
To install PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2003 for use with the Breeze Presentation platform, you
must copy the contents of the PowerPoint installation CD to the hard disk of the computer you are
installing on, and run the PowerPoint installer from the hard disk. You must follow this procedure
because, in some contexts, Breeze might display a dialog box that requests you to install a
component that is not part of a standard PowerPoint installation but is on the PowerPoint
installation CD. There are cases in which the PowerPoint installer can install such a component
from your hard disk, but not from the installation CD.
To verify that a printer driver is installed:
Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes.
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Printers and Faxes lists the printer drivers installed on the computer.
Display the list in Thumbnails view. Select View > Thumbnails.
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In Thumbnails view, the following icon for a local printer appears: