How do I run '03 PPTs correctly on '07 PPT?

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I had my doubts about upgrading to '07, and now I wish I hadn't. Installing
'07 PPT altered my '03 PPTs so that they don't even run correctly on my '03
PPT viewer. Even when I try to run my PPTs online, they automatically open in
'07, and they don't run the way I set them up. This is very annoying because
of the hundreds of hours I put into them. People who have '07 aren't going to
like they way my '03 PPTs run. Am I missing something somewhere? Am I going
to have to have both '03 & '07 PPT programs on my laptop in order to switch
between them, depending on which one I used to create them (if I can get my
old ones to switch back to being usable on '03)?

Signed, Extremely Peeved--Need Help Badly. Please email me an answer
someone. Thank You Much. (e-mail address removed)
 
Jarvis,

can you please give us an example WHAT does not run correctly? Does the text
look distorted? Are images altered? Do you get the wrong colors?

One thing you should do in any case: Office (in all versions) is very
dependent on the printer driver. So please install a modern printer model as
your standard printer. You don't need to have this printer connected to your
computer, but a driver (in case of Vista: a certified driver) has to be
installed.

Best regards,
Ute
 
In addition to what Ute mentions ...

I had my doubts about upgrading to '07, and now I wish I hadn't. Installing
'07 PPT altered my '03 PPTs so that they don't even run correctly on my '03
PPT viewer.
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PowerPoint 2007 won't have changed your existing PPT files on its own, at least
not w/o your opening them in 2007 and saving.

What it may have done is changed the default application that opens when you
doubleclick a PPT or PPS file. Sometimes it can be hard to tell which is
playing a show.
Even when I try to run my PPTs online, they automatically open in
'07, and they don't run the way I set them up. This is very annoying because
of the hundreds of hours I put into them.
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I believe you're correct about that, and it'd annoying indeed; I think 2007
handles things differently from some earlier versions if you click on a link to
a PPT file from within a web browser. That behavior seems to change with every
version of PPT, so frankly, I'd trust it about as far as I could throw Bill
Gates' house. You might want to recommend instead that people rightclick the
link and choose Download.
 
The animations aren't the same; e.g., instead of words coming in a letter at
a time, they come in a word at a time, or instead of the sentences showing up
as the animation brings them in, they're already there AND the animation
brings new ones in on top of the ones already there. (I know that probably
doesn't make sense, but you'd have to see some of these things to understand,
I guess.) On another slide the title was supposed to zoom in and stay, but
'07 had it zoom in and zoom back out all at once. I haven't checked on what
else '07 may be doing to my '03s, but so far it seems mainly to be messing
with my animations. Thanks, TD
 
When I installed '07, I noticed immediately that it altered the icons for my
'03 PPT files. I also thought it was just because of the application change,
but when I now even when I try to use my '03 viewer on my '03 files, they
won't run as I set them up to run. They're still PPTs (not pptx), but they
now run terribly. It mainly seems to have to do with animations, transitions,
and such. Thanks, TD
 
Do you use any text with shadows? Text shadows are handled differently in
the new version and might cause problems.

Best regards,
Ute
 
When I installed '07, I noticed immediately that it altered the icons for my
'03 PPT files.
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That doesn't mean the files have changed. It just means that someplace deep in the
registry, the 2007 installer has tucked some data that says to Windows "Use me to
open PPT files and use this new icon instead of the old one". It makes no changes
to the PPT files themselves.
I also thought it was just because of the application change,
but when I now even when I try to use my '03 viewer on my '03 files, they
won't run as I set them up to run. They're still PPTs (not pptx), but they
now run terribly. It mainly seems to have to do with animations, transitions,
and such. Thanks, TD
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What specifically has changed?
 
Well, to Steve and Simon, I finally broke down and called Microsoft. The '07
PowerPoint guy just cleared it up by saying that the '07 PowerPoint will not
correctly play PPTs created by the '03 PowerPoint program; it's just that
simple ... although stupid. Even though the '07 program doesn't have any new
transitions or animations (which in itself it ridiculous!), it still won't
play '03 ones correctly because of the different way '07 was programmed.
Until I find another lifetime to go back and alter all my '03 PPTs, I'll just
have to keep my '03 program on my computer, and let every web user know which
PPTs on my website are '03 and which are '07. Isn't that terrible? Thanks
guys. OH. ONE MORE THING: SPEAKING OF ANIMATIONS, ETC. ... I FORGOT TO ASK
THE MS GUY ... IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A PLACE ON THE WEB WHERE ONE CAN
DOWNLOAD NEW OR OTHER ANIMATIONS, TRANSITIONS, ETC.? I'D TRULY LOVE THAT.
 
Well, to Steve and Simon, I finally broke down and called Microsoft. The '07
PowerPoint guy just cleared it up by saying that the '07 PowerPoint will not
correctly play PPTs created by the '03 PowerPoint program;
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That sounds utterly wrong as a blanket statement. It certainly might apply to some
features in PPT 2003 that 2007 doesn't properly play, but we don't yet know what
specific problems you're seeing, so it's hard to say (and impossible to test/verify on
our own computers).

If you have examples posted on your site and would like to give us the URL, I'm sure a
couple of use would be happy to have a look (and report any verifiable problems to MS so
there's a chance that they'll get fixed).

it's just that
simple ... although stupid. Even though the '07 program doesn't have any new
transitions or animations (which in itself it ridiculous!), it still won't
play '03 ones correctly because of the different way '07 was programmed.
Until I find another lifetime to go back and alter all my '03 PPTs, I'll just
have to keep my '03 program on my computer, and let every web user know which
PPTs on my website are '03 and which are '07. Isn't that terrible? Thanks
guys. OH. ONE MORE THING: SPEAKING OF ANIMATIONS, ETC. ... I FORGOT TO ASK
THE MS GUY ... IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A PLACE ON THE WEB WHERE ONE CAN
DOWNLOAD NEW OR OTHER ANIMATIONS, TRANSITIONS, ETC.? I'D TRULY LOVE THAT.
Click to expand...

Afraid not; animations are built into PPT and can't be extended. There are companies
that work around this to add some neat effects (Crystal Graphics, for one) but I'm
pretty sure they require you to have their software on the playback computer in order to
work. It doesn't seem like that'd be a solution for you.
 
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