Powerpoint 2003 vs XP

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I am wondering - are there any real benefits to change from XP to 2003
.....?

Does it include any more animation builds - new options - basically
does it make it better ?

any feedback welcome

thanks

Jeff
 
I am wondering - are there any real benefits to change from XP to 2003
....?

Does it include any more animation builds - new options - basically
does it make it better ?

any feedback welcome

thanks

Jeff
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Unless you're younger than me (possibly), happy wrestling with
software bugs/features (probably), I would wait a few months before
spending money on *any* upgrade.
Barry
 
I have just uninstalled Office 2003 because Powerpoint
2003 could not open files I had created in XP. Does that
help you make your decision?
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Are you sure that the files you could not open had been most recently
opened/saved in Office XP? There is a critical update for Office 2003
which fixes a known problem with Office 2003 applications when opening
files created in Office 2000 or Office 27.

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Are you sure that the files you could not open had been most recently
opened/saved in Office XP? There is a critical update for Office 2003
which fixes a known problem with Office 2003 applications when opening
files created in Office 2000 or Office 27.
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Office 27?

That was the one where you opened the box and a gent in sleeve protectors and
green eyeshade jumped out and started pounding away on an Underwood while you
dictated?

How come they dropped the voice recognition technology for so long? ;-)
 
Ermmm - as much as I appreciate the comments - and I really do ...
isn't the ability to OPEN Powerpoint files created in XP a VERY BASIC
function of any new version of Powerpoint (i.e. PowerPoint 2003) - why
does it need a special fix??

Perhaps I misunderstood - I hope so - because otherwise this is very
worrying!!

Jeff
 
Ermmm - as much as I appreciate the comments - and I really do ...
isn't the ability to OPEN Powerpoint files created in XP a VERY BASIC
function of any new version of Powerpoint (i.e. PowerPoint 2003) - why
does it need a special fix??
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It's absolutely a basic function; that's why a fix was made available *very*
quickly after it was discovered that there was a problem in this area.
 
I suppose the point Iam trying to make is that how does such a major
product manage to leave development and get into the shops when the
program appears not to open previous versions of the 'very' same
product?

I accept there are *fixes* that will occur as and when problems
surface but this really should not have been the case for such a
fundamental part of the program - or is this how products are shipped
nowadays!?
 
I suppose the point Iam trying to make is that how does such a major
product manage to leave development and get into the shops when the
program appears not to open previous versions of the 'very' same
product?
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It's not that it doesn't open ANY files from previous versions. It's that some
earlier versions stored shapes in a way that made it appear to PPT 2003 like a
an attempted buffer overrun exploit (ie, a worm), so PPT would refuse to open
the file rather than risking exposing your computer to who-knows-what evil.

If the problem had arisen during testing, it would have been fixed prior to
release, no doubt (especially considering how quickly the patch for the problem
was made available once the problem came to light).

Given the wide variety of hardware, software and PowerPoint file versions this
thing has to support, it's no wonder that problems sneak through. It's just
impossible to test all the combinations.
 
It's not that it doesn't open ANY files from previous versions. It's that some
earlier versions stored shapes in a way that made it appear to PPT 2003 like a
an attempted buffer overrun exploit (ie, a worm), so PPT would refuse to open
the file rather than risking exposing your computer to who-knows-what evil.

If the problem had arisen during testing, it would have been fixed prior to
release, no doubt (especially considering how quickly the patch for the problem
was made available once the problem came to light).

Given the wide variety of hardware, software and PowerPoint file versions this
thing has to support, it's no wonder that problems sneak through. It's just
impossible to test all the combinations.


Point taken .... I guess I am guilty of believing the worst about the developers :-( <slapped wrists for me!!>
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Given the wide variety of hardware, software and PowerPoint file versions
thisdevelopers :-( <slapped wrists for me!!>

Save a few for the developers. Sometimes they need it too.
 
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