Cumulus offers different modules for supporting the different PowerPoint formats:
• The MS PowerPoint AssetStore, the MS PowerPoint Picture AssetStore and the PowerPoint Filter handle presentations in PowerPoint 97-2004 format (*.ppt). To have full support for files of this format, a Microsoft PowerPoint installation is required on the computer where you are working. Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP/2003/2007/2010 or 2004/2008 is required.
• The Office Open XML Pages and Slides AssetStore, the Office Open XML Pictures and Media AssetStore and the Office Open XML Filter handlepresentations in Office PowerPoint 2007/8 format (*.pptx and *.ppsx). If you are working with Office PowerPoint 2007/8 formats, a PowerPoint installation is not required – unless you want to generate high quality previews or thumbnails for slides.
The PowerPoint support AssetStore modules enable Cumulus to create records for slides as well as for images and objects embedded in a presentation. The PowerPoint support filter modules create high quality previews and thumbnails if the corresponding PowerPoint application is installed on the Client machine.
Most Cumulus PowerPoint support modules run on Windows and on Mac OS X. Under UNIX, only the Office Open XML Presentation Processor and the document filters (Compound Document and Office Open XML) are available.
The fact that some PowerPoint support components employ Microsoft PowerPoint in the background may sometimes result in slow performance of some functions.
97/2000/XP/2003/2007/2010 or 
2004/2008 is required.