Backward compatibility

[lisapeta]

Hi there...I created a slide show for to be used at a funeral tomorrow
morning. I have Powerpoint 2003, but I just found out the church has 2000?
Will this be a problem?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Yes, if ...

.... you used transitions that were introduced after 2000
.... you used animations that were introduced after 2000
.... you used exit animations (see above)
.... you used motion paths (see above)
.... you edit the file on the 2000 system (multiple masters may be botched
up).


You can ...
.... look thru your presentation to change what won't work in 2000

.... rebuild your presentation tonight with the XP features turned off
PowerPoint => Tools => Options => Edit => check the lower three
checkboxes

.... run the show from a computer (laptop?) with 2002 (XP) or 2003

.... download the PPT viewer and run the presentation from the new viewer on
the church's computer.
See this page for download locations:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00153.htm


How many slides? What size is the file?

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[lisapeta]

Bill, thanks so much for answering my question. I am so worried I will screw
something up in what is already a sad time--thanks again! The file size is
89464 KB...it is really just a simple slide show of pictures with the
"random" transition, 4 second transition time --playing to music which is
just two inserted .wav objects.

 

[Darrell S]

Hi there...I created a slide show for to be used at a funeral tomorrow
morning. I have Powerpoint 2003, but I just found out the church has
2000? Will this be a problem?

You might download the latest PPT Viewer and put it on the CD just in case.
That should allow it to be viewed.

 

[lisapeta]

Great idea, thank you.

You might download the latest PPT Viewer and put it on the CD just in case.
That should allow it to be viewed.

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Darrell R. Schmidt
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[Bill Dilworth]

90 megs is a big file, but that will probably not cause a failure (for tips
on reducing the file size, see:
www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm )


What I would do is ...

1) Change the random slide transition setting to manually applied ones that
were available in PowerPoint 2000. The Random transitions can glitch and
may cause PowerPoint to hang.

2) Burn the Presentation and the viewer onto an autoplay CD from PowerPoint
2003
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm

3) Get to the church early and try the presentation on their system.
Nothing works better than plugging it in and seeing if it plays. This will
also calm your nerves.

4) Bring a 'back-up' audio CD/cassette of the two songs, should the wav
files fail to play on the church's set-up



Bill D.