PowerPoint -Intel created; Mac shown

[Guest]

We need to run a presentation, which will be created on a Dell desktop
computer, and shown on a Mac laptop. My test/draft ppt did run, sort-of, on
the Mac but without any of the original’s animations or custom slide
transitions.
Question: Will packing the presentation, including Microsoft PowerPoint
Viewer, solve the problem and allow the presentation to run on the Mac
identically to how it runs on the Intel-based machine? Or, what do you
suggest?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Unfortunately, the Viewer won't help because the Viewer you are going to
package with it is the Windows version and that won't run on a Mac. There
is a Mac version of the Viewer, but that is likely to be more out of date
than the regular version of PowerPoint that is already on the Mac (if you
got something, the Mac must already have PowerPoint or a PowerPoint
Viewer on it).

You will want to have a look at this entry from the PPT FAQ for pointers
about cross-platform presentations:

PC to Mac and Back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00281.htm

-David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/