Convert PPT 2000 presentation to PPT 2002?

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Toni

O.K., before you think I'm crazy, hear me out...

I've got a load of PPT presentations totaling over 500 slides, all created in PPT 2000.
These are tutorials for retraining the unemployed for new jobs, and each slide uses
carefully timed animations as a teaching aid.

I need to convert all these to Flash. I've tried a number of PPT to Flash products.
Almost all of these products require "PowerPoint 2002 or later". yes, I am using PPT
2002.

None of the Flash conversion products that require PPT 2002 will properly convert any
presentation. Each has a different problem, usually related to the animations. Some show
the slide with a pitch-black background (but if I do Format>Slide Design and select the
SAME slide design in PPT 2002, that problem is fixed).

Important - If I manually recreate a slide and animation in PPT 2002, it will convert
properly!!!!

The Flash two conversion products that require PPT 2000 or later will convert properly
(but they are unacceptable for other reasons).

Yes, I've done a File > Save As "Presentation (*.ppt)".

Strange problem. So, my question isn't as crazy as it seems! How do I convert these
presentation formats from PPT 2000 to PPT 2002????
 
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Ute Simon

I've got a load of PPT presentations totaling over 500 slides, all created
in PPT 2000. These are tutorials for retraining the unemployed for new
jobs, and each slide uses carefully timed animations as a teaching aid.

I need to convert all these to Flash. I've tried a number of PPT to Flash
products. Almost all of these products require "PowerPoint 2002 or later".
yes, I am using PPT 2002.

None of the Flash conversion products that require PPT 2002 will properly
convert any presentation. Each has a different problem, usually related to
the animations. Some show the slide with a pitch-black background (but if
I do Format>Slide Design and select the SAME slide design in PPT 2002,
that problem is fixed).

Important - If I manually recreate a slide and animation in PPT 2002, it
will convert properly!!!!

The Flash two conversion products that require PPT 2000 or later will
convert properly (but they are unacceptable for other reasons).

Yes, I've done a File > Save As "Presentation (*.ppt)".

Strange problem. So, my question isn't as crazy as it seems! How do I
convert these presentation formats from PPT 2000 to PPT 2002????

Hi Toni,

do you have PowerPoint 2002 installed? PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 do not use
different file formats, so no conversion should be necessary. But PowerPoint
2002 has added some new animations, so that might be the reason why some of
those tools do not work if 2002 is not installed. But maybe the programmers
of those conversion tools, who are normally quick to shout out their
advertisements here, will have a real solution.

My method would be to use Camtasia Studio, www.techsmith.com, to record the
presentation. It will record exactly what you see on the screen, independent
of installed program version. And it gives you the ability to edit your
videos afterward. Plus it is not a Flash-only product but allows producing
in nine different output video formats.

Best regards,
Ute
 
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Toni

As a rule, crazy people don't lay things out so completely, clearly and logically.
I figure you're ok.

Thanks, I figured the subject would cause some people to shake their heads...
It might be possible to automate this. Open one of the problem files, start the Macro
Recorder then do the Format, Slide Design, etc. manually once. Stop the recorder,
press
Alt+F11 to see what it recorded.

Yes, but I figure that, the fact that I need to reformat the slides to the SAME design
background tells me that PPT2002 is changing *something* from the original PPT2000
formatting. I kinda see that as evidence of a formatting difference between the two
versions.
Move to another slide, run the macro on it, convert to flash. Did that work?

Thanks, Stave, I can reformat the background of the entire presentation - that solves
the black background conversion problem. It's the shapes and animations that are now
cause for concern.


Toni
 
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Toni

Steve, interesting development. On my Office XP install, I have the MS Office 2007
compatibility/filter whatever pack installed (allows opening/saving Office 2007
documents in Office XP).

Anyway, I saved/converted an original PPT 2000 presentation as a .PPTX file. I then ran
a PPT to Flash conversion. Violal! The black background problem is fixed (along with a
few other problems I didn't mention like thumbnail creation). MOST of the animation
problems are now fixed.

The only remaining problem is that some of the slides don't play an animation at all in
the Flash conversion.

Oh, and have you tried Articulate to do the conversions? If not, I'd
look into their products as well.

Articulate looks like the best, but it's priced beyond the budget of this program.

Thanks, Steve,

Toni
 
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Tom

Re; Camtasia SCORM compliance - Although I don't see it specified on the
Camtasia
website I'd suggest download the trial and look at it anyway. I have an
older version, which does include the option of producing SCORM compliant
content. Might be worth a look - seems odd that TechSmith would remove that
capability.
 

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