X - XP problems sharing file

[Mickael]

Dear NG,
I've experienced strange behaviors in exchanging X(mac 10.0.4) and XP
versions of PPt files

Here's the first story on XP: text blocks revert to oversized text in XP
after resizing and saving a file. here's the workflow: create master in OS
X and insert different masters from windows files (unknown version).
the show works fine. Send the file to an XP user who inserts more
different windows files in the master presentation. some text blocks
turn to over-sizes when pasted in the master and when corrected and
saved, problems reappears on reopening the file, ... I have no clue does
anyone ?

Here's the second story on X (different files and machines than story 1):
bullets revert to any character after being changed.
Here's the workflow: Received a bunch of XP files. rework them in X and
compile 3 different masters and files in a single file on reopening the
file the bullet have been been changed to monotype or wingdings
characters, the file keeps reverting to that no matter what. Tried
opening the file in office 2001 same problem there. Also after replacing
a fonts from the replace fonts dialog the replaced font name is still in
the list. no matter what. again I have no clue.

thanks i you can help

 

[Ute Simon]

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Dear NG,
I've experienced strange behaviors in exchanging X(mac 10.0.4) and XP
versions of PPt files

Here's the first story on XP: text blocks revert to oversized text in XP
after resizing and saving a file. here's the workflow: create master in OS
X and insert different masters from windows files (unknown version).
the show works fine. Send the file to an XP user who inserts more
different windows files in the master presentation. some text blocks
turn to over-sizes when pasted in the master and when corrected and
saved, problems reappears on reopening the file, ... I have no clue does
anyone ?

Here's the second story on X (different files and machines than story 1):
bullets revert to any character after being changed.
Here's the workflow: Received a bunch of XP files. rework them in X and
compile 3 different masters and files in a single file on reopening the
file the bullet have been been changed to monotype or wingdings
characters, the file keeps reverting to that no matter what. Tried
opening the file in office 2001 same problem there. Also after replacing
a fonts from the replace fonts dialog the replaced font name is still in
the list. no matter what. again I have no clue.

thanks i you can help

 

[Ute Simon]

Hi Mickael,

Dear NG,

I've experienced strange behaviors in exchanging X(mac 10.0.4) and XP

versions of PPt files

Here's the first story on XP: text blocks revert to oversized text in XP
after resizing and saving a file. here's the workflow: create master in OS
X and insert different masters from windows files (unknown version).
the show works fine. Send the file to an XP user who inserts more
different windows files in the master presentation. some text blocks
turn to over-sizes when pasted in the master and when corrected and
saved, problems reappears on reopening the file, ... I have no clue does
anyone ?

Here's the second story on X (different files and machines than story 1):
bullets revert to any character after being changed.
Here's the workflow: Received a bunch of XP files. rework the m in X and
compile 3 different masters and files in a single file on reopening the
file the bullet have been been changed to monotype or wingdings
characters, the file keeps reverting to that no matter what. Tried
opening the file in office 2001 same problem there. Also after replacing
a fonts from the replace fonts dialog the replaced font name is still in
the list. no matter what. again I have no clue.

thanks i you can help <

both problems sound like font problems to me. How does the file behave, if
you change all fonts (best in a copy of the original file) to Arial on Mac
(Arial is one of the standard fonts both systems use) and try again opening
on PC? Even if fonts have the same name on Mac and PC, the may be different.
Even if you embed a proprietary PC-font in one version of PC-PPT (e.g. XP)
and open in another version of PC-PPT (e.g. 97), problems may occur ...

Kind regards,
Ute