Importing PPT2003 into PPT 2007 file

[Ronsky]

I have created a presentation using PPT 2007 and need to combine it
with a few other shows created by other speakers with PPT 2003. Since
my file has used some of the newer graphic effect unique to 2007, it
loses some of them if I save the show as a 2003 .ppt file.

When I try to paste a 2003 file into my show with the "keep source
formatting" command, the fonts change and movies lose their links,
and is not usable.
This happens even when I save the 2003 file as a PPTX format first.

I hope that Microsoft has provided us a way to accurately play back a
2003 file within PowerPoint 2007, but I can't figure out how to easily
accomplish this. Can anyone PLEASE offer helpful hints or workarounds
for combining a 2003 & 2007 files without losing capabilites of 2007.

Thank you for any suggestions!

Ronsky
(stuck in a ballroom on show site)

 

[Echo S]

I'd probably go the other way -- put the 2007 file into the 2003 files, even
if you lose some things. You really shouldn't lose much, though -- PPT 2007
should backsave pretty well, and 2007-specific formatting should (for the
most part) become uneditable images in PPT 2003.

As for inserting 2003 into 2007, the movie links do apparently break, you're
not the only one who sees that behavior as there've been other reports of
that here, so they'll need to be reinserted. The fonts shouldn't change,
though. Do you have the fonts you used in the 2003 file installed on the
2007 machine, where you're combining the files? Or, if by "change," you mean
they shift position, then install a Windows-certified printer-driver and set
it as the default. (You don't have to actually hook up a printer, but you do
need to install the drivers onto the computer, not onto a network.) Here are
instrux: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm