Animation: Office 2003 Versus 2000

[Guest]

I am an avid user of PowerPoint, but have gone straight from Office 97 to Office 2003, without really ever working on any versions in between. I am curious if some of the Custom Animations that I am thinking are new are REALLY new (i.e., created for use in Office 2003 for the first time) or if they have been in previous editions (Office 2000, Office XP, etc.).

I am creating these elaborate presentations with these animations for people who use Office 2000 or higher (mostly, though Office 2000). The Animation in question includes the following

1. Entrance/Emphasis/Exit/Motion Paths - In Office 2000, was Animation characterized like this
2. Emphasis - In Office 2000, were the animations listed under Emphasis available
3. Would animation be the same for the PC version of Office 2000 as it would for the Mac version

I am creating these for use in public schools which have Office 2000, but for Macs. Additionally, I have recorded sound. I have saved a few of these to a CD and have played them on an older Mac which only as Office 98. I have seen that some of the animation is lost, which sort of throws off the timing of the recorded narration

Any help would be greatly appreciated

O.W. Petcof

 

[Sonia]

A slew of new animations appeared in PowerPoint 2002 and also exist in
PowerPoint 2003. However, PowerPoint 97 and 2000 do not support them, so
they will be ignored when users play your presentation. To ensure that you
only use those animations that are compatible with PowerPoint 97 and 2000,
in PowerPoint 2003 go to Tools > Options > Edit and disable the three items
at the bottom of the dialog.

There are other considerations for Macs. See:

PC to Mac and Back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00281.htm
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

I am an avid user of PowerPoint, but have gone straight from Office 97 to

Office 2003, without really ever working on any versions in between. I am
curious if some of the Custom Animations that I am thinking are new are
REALLY new (i.e., created for use in Office 2003 for the first time) or if
they have been in previous editions (Office 2000, Office XP, etc.).

I am creating these elaborate presentations with these animations for

people who use Office 2000 or higher (mostly, though Office 2000). The
Animation in question includes the following:

1. Entrance/Emphasis/Exit/Motion Paths - In Office 2000, was Animation characterized like this?
2. Emphasis - In Office 2000, were the animations listed under Emphasis available?
3. Would animation be the same for the PC version of Office 2000 as it would for the Mac version?

I am creating these for use in public schools which have Office 2000, but

for Macs. Additionally, I have recorded sound. I have saved a few of these
to a CD and have played them on an older Mac which only as Office 98. I
have seen that some of the animation is lost, which sort of throws off the
timing of the recorded narration.