PowerPoints created in 2003 and Migrating to 2007

[Bobd]

I have several hundred PowerPoints created in PowerPoint 2003 that have
animations such as text sweeping in that had soft shadows applied to the text
in the 2003 version. When I try to run them in 2007, converted or not, all
of the text on a slide shows up black, or what I believe is refered to as a
hard shadow in 2007, and when I advance the slide the text does sweep in, now
in the appropiate color, and covers the black text. I've tried saving the
powerpoint in compatability mode and have the same issue.

How do we migrate from 2003 to 2007 with out having to either re-create
every slide in every presentation in 2007 or re-=work every slide in every
presentation to have the animations work as they did in 2003?

 

[Echo S]

This is what causes the problem:

http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/shadows.htm

I guess you might be able to create an automated solution using VBA. How are
your coding skills?

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[John Wilson]

As Echo says!

There's some vba here which we used to fix a similar problem. It may do
exactly what you want or at least be a good starting point! Make sure you use
copies of your files even though it leaves the originals unchanged

"Fix Double Shadows"
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html#vba
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[Bobd]

No coding skills - unfortunately.

This is what causes the problem:

http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/shadows.htm

I guess you might be able to create an automated solution using VBA. How are
your coding skills?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

I have several hundred PowerPoints created in PowerPoint 2003 that have
animations such as text sweeping in that had soft shadows applied to the
text
in the 2003 version. When I try to run them in 2007, converted or not,
all
of the text on a slide shows up black, or what I believe is refered to as
a
hard shadow in 2007, and when I advance the slide the text does sweep in,
now
in the appropiate color, and covers the black text. I've tried saving the
powerpoint in compatability mode and have the same issue.

How do we migrate from 2003 to 2007 with out having to either re-create
every slide in every presentation in 2007 or re-=work every slide in every
presentation to have the animations work as they did in 2003?

 

[Echo S]

Well, check John's link and see if that helps. If not, maybe you can hire
someone to cobble something up for you.

Otherwise, it's do it manually. :-(

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

No coding skills - unfortunately.

This is what causes the problem:

http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/shadows.htm

I guess you might be able to create an automated solution using VBA. How
are
your coding skills?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14

I have several hundred PowerPoints created in PowerPoint 2003 that have
animations such as text sweeping in that had soft shadows applied to
the
text
in the 2003 version. When I try to run them in 2007, converted or not,
all
of the text on a slide shows up black, or what I believe is refered to
as
a
hard shadow in 2007, and when I advance the slide the text does sweep
in,
now
in the appropiate color, and covers the black text. I've tried saving
the
powerpoint in compatability mode and have the same issue.

How do we migrate from 2003 to 2007 with out having to either re-create
every slide in every presentation in 2007 or re-=work every slide in
every
presentation to have the animations work as they did in 2003?