Will a powerpt 2002 show play on a computer with Powerpt 97?

[Guest]

Will a powerpoint slide show created in Powerpoint 2002 play on a computer
that has powerpoint 97? Do you have to save it as a Powerpoint 97
Presentation? or can you just save it normally?
Thanks

 

[Austin Myers]

Just save it normally, however be aware the newer animations available in
2002 are not available in 97 and they will not play.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Michael Koerner]

Yes, just like Austin said. The only thing that won't work are transitions etc
that are unique to 2002. Before you start your creating your presentation, click
on Tools, Options, Edit, and checkmark at the bottom all the items under the
heading "Disable new features. Your presentation should then work just fine
under 97.
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Will a powerpoint slide show created in Powerpoint 2002 play on a computer
that has powerpoint 97? Do you have to save it as a Powerpoint 97
Presentation? or can you just save it normally?
Thanks

 

[Echo S]

Yes, just like Austin said. The only thing that won't work are
transitions etc that are unique to 2002. Before you start your
creating your presentation, click on Tools, Options, Edit, and
checkmark at the bottom all the items under the heading "Disable new
features. Your presentation should then work just fine under 97.

Turning off the new features under Tools/Options/Edit actually takes you
back to what is essentially "PPT 2000 mode." So yes, the presentation should
work fine under 97 as long as you don't use things specific to 2000 that
aren't supported in 97. That would include, oh, animated GIFs and picture
bullets and the like.

I think animated GIF is probably the big one, but here are the others I
could find.
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/office2000/deploy/upgrd
migrate/pptmgde.mspx)

PowerPoint 2000 Feature..........PowerPoint 97 Result
Animated GIF pictures..........Appear as static images without animation
Automatically numbered lists..........Appear as bulleted lists, not numbered
lists
Graphic or picture bullets..........Appear as regular font-based bullets
Tables..........Appear as a single grouping of shapes
Voice narration..........Bullet point animations are not synchronized to the
voice narration; there is a long gap in the audio between slides

 

[Echo S]

Turning off the new features under Tools/Options/Edit actually takes
you back to what is essentially "PPT 2000 mode." So yes, the
presentation should work fine under 97 as long as you don't use
things specific to 2000 that aren't supported in 97. That would
include, oh, animated GIFs and picture bullets and the like.

Oh, duh. This is easier:

PowerPoint 2000 FEATURES not supported in PowerPoint 97
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00078.htm