powerpoint 2007 presentation does not display properly in viewer

[Guest]

My powerpoint 2007 presentation looks good when viewed within powerpoint
2007, but when I use the "package for CD" function and then look at the
presentation by clicking the viewer, the txt effects (shadow) are wrong and
some of the graphics/text have shifted. Who can help me?

 

[Echo S]

Package for CD actually backsaves your file as a 97-2003 format file.

You might try downloading and installing the new PPT 2007 Viewer (which is
not the same one that ships with PPT 2007) and replacing the PPTView.EXE
file in the packaged folder with it. Not positive this will work, but it's
worth trying.

Actually, what I think I'd do instead is package for cd, but choose to just
do an archive file without the Viewer. Then I'd install the 2007 Viewer and
then I'd create the autorun CD manually.

2007 Viewer is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

To create the autorun CD manually, I'd first package to CD and include the
Viewer so I have something to use as a guideline for what files are needed,
then I'd go find those after installing the new Viewer and copy them into a
folder. This may happen automatically after you install the new 2007 Viewer,
but I wouldn't necessarily trust it to.

 

[Guest]

Package for CD actually backsaves your file as a 97-2003 format file.

You might try downloading and installing the new PPT 2007 Viewer (which is
not the same one that ships with PPT 2007) and replacing the PPTView.EXE
file in the packaged folder with it. Not positive this will work, but it's
worth trying.

Actually, what I think I'd do instead is package for cd, but choose to just
do an archive file without the Viewer. Then I'd install the 2007 Viewer and
then I'd create the autorun CD manually.

2007 Viewer is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

To create the autorun CD manually, I'd first package to CD and include the
Viewer so I have something to use as a guideline for what files are needed,
then I'd go find those after installing the new Viewer and copy them into a
folder. This may happen automatically after you install the new 2007 Viewer,
but I wouldn't necessarily trust it to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

My powerpoint 2007 presentation looks good when viewed within powerpoint
2007, but when I use the "package for CD" function and then look at the
presentation by clicking the viewer, the txt effects (shadow) are wrong
and
some of the graphics/text have shifted. Who can help me?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the insight on the different (!) 2007 viewers and the note about
back-saving.
Having downloaded PPT Viewer 2007 from MS I nevertheless have the shifted
text problem. It appears that when I change the position of marked text by
sliding the indent markers on the ruler that this SOMETIMES does not
translate. Likewise the automatic settings for a bulleted list in 2007 seem
to be lost and the text is just smashed up to the left as if the settings
were not there at all. Is this a bug or do you know the cure?

Also, the shadows around the graphics and text titles (for example white
sharp shadows instead of the diffuse grey ones in 2007 and without the mirror
effect entirely) looked different than in 2007. Do you know if the newer 2007
viewer is really 100% 2007 compatible or should I expect these differences
and that is just the way it is?

Since my goal is to share with pre 2007 users, I went ahead and tried saving
to 2003 format and then using the 2003 viewer to see if it worked (we no
longer have any machines running PPT 2003 here to test on) and in the 2003
viewer all the text is gone. The shading of the text boxes is there however,
as are my graphics (screenshots).

I repeated the convert to 2003 process with other presentations just to see
and have 1(!) slide which works. Strangely, in this presentation, when I
selected "save as 2003/ppt" I received a warning that the text in this
particular slide would not be editible. But it is the only slide that shows
text when displayed in the 2003 viewer!

I tried creating new slides in the 2003 ppt file while in 2007 compatibility
mode but these new slides do not display text in 2003 mode either, but the
text does appear in viewer 2007.

Any hints on my various issues?
Thanks for all your help!

Package for CD actually backsaves your file as a 97-2003 format file.

You might try downloading and installing the new PPT 2007 Viewer (which is
not the same one that ships with PPT 2007) and replacing the PPTView.EXE
file in the packaged folder with it. Not positive this will work, but it's
worth trying.

Actually, what I think I'd do instead is package for cd, but choose to just
do an archive file without the Viewer. Then I'd install the 2007 Viewer and
then I'd create the autorun CD manually.

2007 Viewer is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

To create the autorun CD manually, I'd first package to CD and include the
Viewer so I have something to use as a guideline for what files are needed,
then I'd go find those after installing the new Viewer and copy them into a
folder. This may happen automatically after you install the new 2007 Viewer,
but I wouldn't necessarily trust it to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

My powerpoint 2007 presentation looks good when viewed within powerpoint
2007, but when I use the "package for CD" function and then look at the
presentation by clicking the viewer, the txt effects (shadow) are wrong
and
some of the graphics/text have shifted. Who can help me?

 

[Echo S]

There are some odd display issues with the various Viewers and flavors of
PPT files. I would round-trip the file in PPT 2003, and then see how it
looks in the Viewers.

Glen has good instructions for round-tripping:
http://www.pptworkbench.com/html/round_trip.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Thanks for the insight on the different (!) 2007 viewers and the note
about
back-saving.
Having downloaded PPT Viewer 2007 from MS I nevertheless have the shifted
text problem. It appears that when I change the position of marked text by
sliding the indent markers on the ruler that this SOMETIMES does not
translate. Likewise the automatic settings for a bulleted list in 2007
seem
to be lost and the text is just smashed up to the left as if the settings
were not there at all. Is this a bug or do you know the cure?

Also, the shadows around the graphics and text titles (for example white
sharp shadows instead of the diffuse grey ones in 2007 and without the
mirror
effect entirely) looked different than in 2007. Do you know if the newer
2007
viewer is really 100% 2007 compatible or should I expect these differences
and that is just the way it is?

Since my goal is to share with pre 2007 users, I went ahead and tried
saving
to 2003 format and then using the 2003 viewer to see if it worked (we no
longer have any machines running PPT 2003 here to test on) and in the 2003
viewer all the text is gone. The shading of the text boxes is there
however,
as are my graphics (screenshots).

I repeated the convert to 2003 process with other presentations just to
see
and have 1(!) slide which works. Strangely, in this presentation, when I
selected "save as 2003/ppt" I received a warning that the text in this
particular slide would not be editible. But it is the only slide that
shows
text when displayed in the 2003 viewer!

I tried creating new slides in the 2003 ppt file while in 2007
compatibility
mode but these new slides do not display text in 2003 mode either, but the
text does appear in viewer 2007.

Any hints on my various issues?
Thanks for all your help!

Package for CD actually backsaves your file as a 97-2003 format file.

You might try downloading and installing the new PPT 2007 Viewer (which
is
not the same one that ships with PPT 2007) and replacing the PPTView.EXE
file in the packaged folder with it. Not positive this will work, but
it's
worth trying.

Actually, what I think I'd do instead is package for cd, but choose to
just
do an archive file without the Viewer. Then I'd install the 2007 Viewer
and
then I'd create the autorun CD manually.

2007 Viewer is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

To create the autorun CD manually, I'd first package to CD and include
the
Viewer so I have something to use as a guideline for what files are
needed,
then I'd go find those after installing the new Viewer and copy them into
a
folder. This may happen automatically after you install the new 2007
Viewer,
but I wouldn't necessarily trust it to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

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My powerpoint 2007 presentation looks good when viewed within
powerpoint
2007, but when I use the "package for CD" function and then look at the
presentation by clicking the viewer, the txt effects (shadow) are wrong
and
some of the graphics/text have shifted. Who can help me?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for the insight on the different (!) 2007 viewers and the note about
back-saving.
Having downloaded PPT Viewer 2007 from MS I nevertheless have the shifted
text problem. It appears that when I change the position of marked text by
sliding the indent markers on the ruler that this SOMETIMES does not
translate.

Ah. In PPT Pre-2007, you can have one set of tab settings and one set of indents per text box.
Any changes apply to every paragraph in the text box. In 2007, each paragraph can have its own
settings and to make it behave like PPT Pre-2007, you have to select all the text in the box and
then apply the settings. If you just click in the text somewhere, changes to the ruler only
apply to the current para the text cursor's in.

Does that sound like something that might be causing the problem? Bearing in mind that under
the hood, the viewer, even the latest one, is still a hotrodded PPT 2003 viewer.

Likewise the automatic settings for a bulleted list in 2007 seem
to be lost and the text is just smashed up to the left as if the settings
were not there at all. Is this a bug or do you know the cure?

Also, the shadows around the graphics and text titles (for example white
sharp shadows instead of the diffuse grey ones in 2007 and without the mirror
effect entirely) looked different than in 2007. Do you know if the newer 2007
viewer is really 100% 2007 compatible or should I expect these differences
and that is just the way it is?

Since my goal is to share with pre 2007 users, I went ahead and tried saving
to 2003 format and then using the 2003 viewer to see if it worked (we no
longer have any machines running PPT 2003 here to test on) and in the 2003
viewer all the text is gone. The shading of the text boxes is there however,
as are my graphics (screenshots).

I repeated the convert to 2003 process with other presentations just to see
and have 1(!) slide which works. Strangely, in this presentation, when I
selected "save as 2003/ppt" I received a warning that the text in this
particular slide would not be editible. But it is the only slide that shows
text when displayed in the 2003 viewer!

I tried creating new slides in the 2003 ppt file while in 2007 compatibility
mode but these new slides do not display text in 2003 mode either, but the
text does appear in viewer 2007.

Any hints on my various issues?
Thanks for all your help!

Package for CD actually backsaves your file as a 97-2003 format file.

You might try downloading and installing the new PPT 2007 Viewer (which is
not the same one that ships with PPT 2007) and replacing the PPTView.EXE
file in the packaged folder with it. Not positive this will work, but it's
worth trying.

Actually, what I think I'd do instead is package for cd, but choose to just
do an archive file without the Viewer. Then I'd install the 2007 Viewer and
then I'd create the autorun CD manually.

2007 Viewer is here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&di
splaylang=en

To create the autorun CD manually, I'd first package to CD and include the
Viewer so I have something to use as a guideline for what files are needed,
then I'd go find those after installing the new Viewer and copy them into a
folder. This may happen automatically after you install the new 2007 Viewer,
but I wouldn't necessarily trust it to.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

My powerpoint 2007 presentation looks good when viewed within powerpoint
2007, but when I use the "package for CD" function and then look at the
presentation by clicking the viewer, the txt effects (shadow) are wrong
and
some of the graphics/text have shifted. Who can help me?

 

[Not Dave]

I have encountered the same problem using a newly downloaded 2007. There are
various anomalies on several slides which occur even with the newest viewer
and on different computers. I have contacted microsoft and supplied them
with screen shots of the slides as they appear when viewed with the software
"slide show" command and the same slides when viewed with the viewer 2007.

I'd like to distribute on CD to keep the full quality of a powerpoint
presentation, need to package it with the viewer to insure it can be viewed
by all who receive it. This is a gitch I would have thought they had
encountered and fixed in the 2 years since releasing ppt 2007.

I'll let you know if there is any help on this.

 

[Echo S]

I have also been in touch with Microsoft about this. The only real solution
I can see seems to be to Package for CD in PPT 2003.