saving in previous version (2002 to 95,97,2000)

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I'm using PowerPoint 2002 - my colleagues are on previous versions... my 2002 file is 192k - when I save it as a prior version (95, 97-2000) it balloons to 2.1 MB

Is there any way around this?
 
There is no need to "down-save". PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003 all
share the same format. Only if you need to send to someone with PowerPoint
95 should you down-save. PowerPoint 95, which is the format you really
saved in, is uncompressed. That's why your file is so large.
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Nigel T said:
I'm using PowerPoint 2002 - my colleagues are on previous versions... my
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2002 file is 192k - when I save it as a prior version (95, 97-2000) it
balloons to 2.1 MB.
 
Hi
I created a PowerPoint 2002 slideshow and I want to distribute to my
colleagues who are using version 95, 97 and 2000. What should I do.

Regards
Robin

Nigel T said:
I'm using PowerPoint 2002 - my colleagues are on previous versions... my
Click to expand...
2002 file is 192k - when I save it as a prior version (95, 97-2000) it
balloons to 2.1 MB.
 
Hi,

I would imagine that saving as multiple versions simply saves multiple
copies of information suited to each individual version. Hence the enormous
increase in file size, which I would think is normal behaviour. To
distribute, you could take advantage of the new viewer, but please do some
homework on what it does and does not support, and the operating systems it
must be run on. Anyway, have a look at www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq for
information on the new viewer and also autorun cd options.

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Neither Viewer supports PowerPoint 95 however.


Glen Millar said:
Hi,

I would imagine that saving as multiple versions simply saves multiple
copies of information suited to each individual version. Hence the enormous
increase in file size, which I would think is normal behaviour. To
distribute, you could take advantage of the new viewer, but please do some
homework on what it does and does not support, and the operating systems it
must be run on. Anyway, have a look at www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq for
information on the new viewer and also autorun cd options.

--
Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here
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Posted to news://msnews.microsoft.com
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Does the presentation have a password on it? If so, PPT 2000 won't be able
to open it. Remove the password, and the file should be openable in PPT
2000, even with a "normal" save in PPT 2002.
 
But if the user runs the file using the Viewer, it doesn't matter that
they're using PPT 95, does it?

Oh, wait, I bet you meant Windows 95...
 
But if the user runs the file using the Viewer, it doesn't matter that
they're using PPT 95, does it?

Oh, wait, I bet you meant Windows 95...
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Viewer 97 should work there, no?
 
Saving as PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 95 apparently retains both
file formats, because the resulting file will run in the 97 and 2003
Viewers.
 
No, not according to the published system requirements.
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Ah, but WHICH published set of system requirements do we believe? ;-)

There are at least two and at one point maybe four different pages on
microsoft.com that describe the 97 viewer and include links to it.

Some of them report different system requirements. The one the FAQ page points
to lists Win95. Which is why I asked, ya see?

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Saving as PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 95 apparently retains both
file formats, because the resulting file will run in the 97 and 2003
Viewers.
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Anything with 95 and something else in the name will save to both formats, yep.
 
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