Backwards Compatibility

[Melanie]

Will PowerPoint presentations created in XP run properly
on PowerPoint 2000, using Windows 98 operating system?

 

[Michael Koerner]

They will if in PowerPoint XP, click Tools | Options | Edit | Disable new features

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Will PowerPoint presentations created in XP run properly
on PowerPoint 2000, using Windows 98 operating system?

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Melanie,
If the purpose is just to display and not author on previous versions then
you can make use of the new viewer on older systems to display presentations
authored in 2002/2003 with all the animations.

Free New PowerPoint Viewer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en

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Regards
Shyam Pillai

Toolbox for PowerPoint
http://www.mvps.org/skp/toolbox