You receive a you must install PowerPoint 97 error message when you install the PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack add-in in PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2000

When you attempt to install the PowerPoint Custom Soundtracks Add-in, you receive the following error message: When you click Exit Setup, the setup program for the Custom Soundtracks add-in quits and the following message is displayed:

The setup program for the PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack Add-In searches for PowerPoint 97. If it does not find the program, it quits. The PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack Add-In cannot be installed in later versions of Microsoft PowerPoint.

To workaround this problem, follow these steps:

1. Install Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows.
2. Install the PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack Add-In. To install, run double-click Setup.exe in the following folder located on the CD-ROM:
   \ValuPack\MusicTrk
3. Upgrade to the later version of Microsoft PowerPoint.
4. Install the Updated Custom Soundtrack Add-in (Pp2kmus.exe).For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
   218525  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218525/EN-US/ ) PPT: SNDTRK: "PowerPoint couldn't open the Visual Basic for Applications project in presentation" Ppmusic.ppa

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the PowerPoint 97 Custom Soundtrack add-in.