2007 Save as 97-2003 goes wrong

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I'm using 2007 (with windows 7) and save as 97-2003.
But when i show the presentation on powerpoint 2003 on a XP computer lots of
text, lines, etc. aren't on the place where they belong.
Does Save as 97-2003 doens'y work as it should?
How to solve the problem. Making the presentation also in 2003 is no option.
 
loe said:
I'm using 2007 (with windows 7) and save as 97-2003.
But when i show the presentation on powerpoint 2003 on a XP computer lots
of text, lines, etc. aren't on the place where they belong.
Does Save as 97-2003 doens'y work as it should?
How to solve the problem. Making the presentation also in 2003 is no
option.
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Are you using any specialized fonts that may not be on the target computer.
You should only use fonts that you are sure are on the computer you will be
showing the presentation on. Embedding fonts doesn't always work and not
all fonts are embeddable.

When I am going to create a presentation for display on another computer I
stick with the basic Web Safe fonts (you can Google that term for a list)
which include only about 15 or so fonts that should be on every computer
from a Win 98 through Win 7 and most Mac computers. Just because a font is
on a computer doesn't mean you have to use it. I have seen some
presentations that were horrendous to view because of the fonts used.
 
You have made the mistake of assuming that PPT 2007 actually works as you would expect it
to. It does not. It changes line spacing; if you bring a PPT 2003 presentation in, the
layout changes significantly, and if you save a PPT 2007 presentation as if it were PPT
2003, it gets huge numbers of things wrong, such as making the items on the master slide
be items on the individual slides, changing the vertical line spacing, etc.

The problem of being rational in what you hope is a rational world is that you actually
expect Microsoft to do things like improve the product, maintain backward compatibility,
etc., and this is simply not on their agenda. The goal is to sell more product, and you
can't do that if you actually make it work better. Instead, you have to keep changing it
so it *looks* "improved" even though needed functionality is lost, new bugs are added to
existing capabilities, and useful functionality is not considered.
joe

I'm using 2007 (with windows 7) and save as 97-2003.
But when i show the presentation on powerpoint 2003 on a XP computer lots of
text, lines, etc. aren't on the place where they belong.
Does Save as 97-2003 doens'y work as it should?
How to solve the problem. Making the presentation also in 2003 is no option.
Click to expand...
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://www.flounder.com
MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
 
See below...
Are you using any specialized fonts that may not be on the target computer.
You should only use fonts that you are sure are on the computer you will be
showing the presentation on. Embedding fonts doesn't always work and not
all fonts are embeddable.
Click to expand...
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Arial, Times New Roman. Not exactly esoteric.
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When I am going to create a presentation for display on another computer I
stick with the basic Web Safe fonts (you can Google that term for a list)
which include only about 15 or so fonts that should be on every computer
from a Win 98 through Win 7 and most Mac computers. Just because a font is
on a computer doesn't mean you have to use it. I have seen some
presentations that were horrendous to view because of the fonts used.
Click to expand...
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This is not the problem. Interline spacing is the problem.
joe
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Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://www.flounder.com
MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
 
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