Power Point Compatability

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Robert

I have a question regarding Power Point software
compatability from year to year. My boss and I will be
running a conference at the end of this month. The people
we have invited to present at the conference will be
using a variety of multi media for their presentation's.
We heard from a few of our presentors and some will be
using Power Point presentations created on the 1997
version, while others will be using more recent versions.
If we are using the 2002 version, should everyone be able
to use the 2002 version without any hitches, i.e. their
presentations graphics or dynamics won't be effected?
Thank you,
Robert
 
If your showing the 97/2000 presentations using 2002, than you should have no problems. If your were going the other way you would have glitches

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I have a question regarding Power Point software
compatability from year to year. My boss and I will be
running a conference at the end of this month. The people
we have invited to present at the conference will be
using a variety of multi media for their presentation's.
We heard from a few of our presentors and some will be
using Power Point presentations created on the 1997
version, while others will be using more recent versions.
If we are using the 2002 version, should everyone be able
to use the 2002 version without any hitches, i.e. their
presentations graphics or dynamics won't be effected?
Thank you,
Robert
 
Generally speaking, the format of the files is the same and presentations
created in PowerPoint 97 will run in PowerPoint 2002. But there can be
problems with presentations created in PowerPoint 2002 also.

I would be most concerned about video and audio capabilities, fonts, etc.,
which are things outside of PowerPoint which can vary from system to system.
See http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/multimedia.htm for more
insight.

For example, videos that require that a specific codec be installed on the
system, will fail in PowerPoint when run on a system that doesn't have the
codec installed in Windows. Resolution of this type of problem is not
always quick or straight forward. I would recommend that you obtain
advanced copies of the presentations and test them on your systems to ensure
there are no last minute surprises and disappointments. Better yet, have
presenters bring their own laptops which they know will play their
presentations faithfully.

Presentations should all be saved with fonts embedded, or the presenters
should tell you what fonts they are using so that you can ensure that they
are installed on your conference systems.
 
Robert,

I can't stress these 2 points that Sonia made enough...

(1)
I would recommend that you obtain
advanced copies of the presentations ** ( with a b&w hardcopy) ** and test
them on your systems to ensure
there are no last minute surprises and disappointments.

(2)
Better yet, have
presenters bring their own laptops which they know will play their
presentations faithfully.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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