PowerPoint 2007 Viewer and SmartArt

[Fev]

Hi
Having read many posts with regards to PowerPoint 2007 Viewer running
a PowerPoint 2007 presentation in 2003 compatibility mode, should
Microsoft not withdraw the statement from their download site:

This download works with presentations created in the following
Microsoft Office programs:
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

I was hoping to use the viewer for a pptx presentation in India later
this month, but as my presentation has animated SmartArt bullets and
hyperlinks on text in SmartArt bullets, I gather that it was a useless
exercise downloading the ±26MB viewer. Is Microsoft going to provide
a full featured 2007 Viewer?
Thanks

 

[Echo S]

<quote>

Thanks for the answer, I just found it frustrating after reading the
MS blurb, only to discover that it was not suitable for my use. I was
wanting to have a backup plan should there be an issue using my laptop
at a conference in a foreign country. This said from a now
disillusioned Optimist

</quote>

Yes, it is frustrating. I'm glad you tested now instead of being caught
flat-footed during your presentation!

You can ungroup the SmartArt (you need to have SP2 installed to get the
ungroup options when you right-click SmartArt) and animate the individual
pieces. That would work in the Viewer. If you don't have SP2, you can copy
the diagram, Paste Special as EMF and then ungroup the EMF two times.

I'd do that on a copy of the original slide (and hide the original slide) so
I could get back to the SmartArt diagram if necessary.

 

[Fev]

We're volunteers here, not MS employees, so can't answer that question.

Whether MS should claim that theviewerworks with PPT2007
presentations depends on how you interpret "works with", I suppose.  If
you're a marketing guy, you accept a much broader interpretation of the
term than if you're, say, the person who's actually trying to use the
presentations.

Viewers have *never* supported all the features of the fullPowerPoint
program and probably never will, so before relying on them it's a good
idea to test thoroughly with your own presentations.

For optimists: Trust But Verify.  
For pessimists:  Verify.

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Thanks for the answer, I just found it frustrating after reading the
MS blurb, only to discover that it was not suitable for my use. I was
wanting to have a backup plan should there be an issue using my laptop
at a conference in a foreign country. This said from a now
disillusioned Optimist