Using PowerPoint 2003 presentation with PowerPoint XP 2002

[Guest]

Can 2002 PP users view my presentation with me when I use the default
Pesentation file type save with my PP 2003? Or must I save as PowerPoint
97-2003 & 95 Presentation?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Can 2002 PP users view my presentation with me when I use the default
Pesentation file type save with my PP 2003? Or must I save as PowerPoint
97-2003 & 95 Presentation?

Use the default save - anyone from PPT 97 onward will be able to view the file.

The only reasons to use the 97-2005&95 option:

- You want to give the file to someone who only has PPT 95
- You want to bloat the file size to gargantuan proportions
- Both of the above

And you're better off getting a PPT95 user to download and use the PPT2003
Viewer than trying to maintain compatibility.

 

[Ian]

Hi,

A lot of my 2002 / XP users can't open any powerpoint files created in 2003.
how come?

Ian

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

That's strange. Are you sure the problem isn't the other way around?
2003 had a problem when it was first released and sometimes couldn't
read older files (even some created in 2003), but that was quickly fixed
with critical updates that are now in the service packs. Be sure you
have gone to the Help menu and chosen Check for Updates to update to the
latest service pack. 2003 and 2002 use the same file format so there is
no reason that 2002 couldn't read a 2003 file.
--David