Powerpoint compatibility

Hello, can anyone tell me if Mac PP 2004 will work on Powerpoint 2003
for PC ? If not out of the box, is there a fix for this.

Thanks for the help.


-Mike

The best answer to this question can be found at:

PC to Mac and Back
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00281.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00281.htm</a>

It depends on what you mean by "will work." Basically it will work. You
should be sure that the 2003 version has been updated to include Service
Pack 1 (without SP1, 2003 often has trouble opening presentations from
other versions). One of the big problems I see is if images were inserted
into PowerPoint by copying and pasting rather than Insert > Picture >
From File. The former method uses Mac-only compression and makes the
pictures not show up on the PC. The latter method should resolve that.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/" target="_blank">http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/</a>

"Thesizzler" <murbanski.DeleteThis@st-cath.org> wrote in
news:1117817889.682237.190570@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

 > Hello, can anyone tell me if Mac PP 2004 will work on Powerpoint 2003
 > for PC ? If not out of the box, is there a fix for this.
 >
 > Thanks for the help.
 >
 >
 > -Mike
 >
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