PPT 2000 and 2002

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Yes. However, you should install 2000 first and then install 2002 to a
different folder.
 
I thought so. Thanks. Have you ever encountered the problem my client is
having? Her HPDeskjet990 prints transparency images with "black" where the
transparency should be. So far, no luck in finding a solution. The
presentations print fine on my printers both HPDeskjet970 and Xerox laser
printer.

Thanks again.
 
I also responded to your other post. I would check the printer driver, just to
be sure that she has the latest. I would also be sure that she installed the
two versions of PowerPoint in the correct order - - oldest (2000) first. But I
have to ask, was this presentation created exclusively in PowerPoint 2000, or
has it also been edited in PowerPoint 2002? Also, are you certain that the
version of the presentation that you have is identical to the version she has?
 
Thanks for your input. She writes the words and I put them in the
PowerPoint, so I create the presentations. It was created in PPT 2000. She
only has 2000, but I would not put it past her to have edited something and
saved it. I don't think she would have edited any graphics, just words. I
still am stumped! My work around was to recreated the graphics and replace
the transparency with a white background since the PPT background was white.

Thanks again for your input. I always welcome knowledge and advise.
 
Hi, Mike,

Sonia and I are sitting here in San Francisco kicking around your problem.
(How's that for service?!)

Anyway, what version of PPT are you using? We're betting that you're on 2002
or 2003 and have set the "transparent" plot fill on the graph using the
transparency slider. This feature isn't supported in PPT 2000, which would
cause the transparency you'd see in 2002/2003 to be nontransparent in 2000.

Is that maybe what's happening?

Echo and Sonia
MS PPT MVPs
 
Sitting in San Fran...Beautiful city. I'm here in New Orleans.

Nope! I am using 2000 and the graph was created in Crystal Graphics
Powerplugs Charts. The chart background was left transparent on purpose by
me because I wanted the background design to show. When she first printed
it that way, I thought that was the problem. So I inserted a white
rectangle behind the graph using the drawing tool in PowerPoint. That was
when I first posted about the problem because even with the white background
it still printed black where it should have been transparent. I have solved
the problem by redoing the graph and giving it a white background instead of
transparent. I am still trying to figure out why it would print the
transparent version correctly on my printers, but not her printer.

It would be nice to know why it is doing this because I have a very big job
in a few days (political/public relations statewide) and within our argument
I planned to use transparent graphs with emotion evoking graphics. I will
figure out a way to work around this issue. I always do!

Eureka!!! Could it be that she does not have the Powerplug Charts installed
on her machine??? Just a guess!

Thanks again. I really appreciate your interest in my problem.

Mike McCall
 
Ah, yeah, I bet the Powerplugs charting engine has something to do with it.
Perhaps it just doesn't translate exactly over to plain ol' MS Graph.

It may be that the plug-in has some kind of transparency setting or
something.

Echo (Sonia's on her way home now.)
 
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