xp backwards compatibility

[N Ferguson]

we have some power point presentaions created in office
2000 but they will not open in office xp pro. they will
open in 97 and 2003

 

[Sonia]

Does this happen on multiple systems, or on just one system? What message do
you get?
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[LEO]

A graphic from desktop PP presentation when copied onto laptop shows up only
as a blank black box.

Several laptops show same problem.

What to do ???

THX, LEO

 

[Sonia]

Please provide more information. What version(s) of PowerPoint are you using?
How are you copying the graphic? What type of image is it? Is it a video? On
the laptops, how are you inserting the copy? Do the laptops display the image
in Slide Show mode?
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[LEO]

Thanks for your help. I have a series of Powerpoint slide shows with
graphics images from a text publisher. All images show up well on the desk
top computer. When I open the same Powerpoint files from the original CD
on my laptop most images do NOT show up and I have only a black box in their
place. My colleague has the same problem. Both the desk top and lap top
have PowerPoint 2002. Can you help?

LEO

 

[Guest]

My guess is that you need to update your display driver. See

Drivers and such?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00029.htm

I check for new drivers every couple of months. Interestingly, new laptops
usually ship with outdated drivers.

You can also experiment with lowering graphics hardware acceleration. See:

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm