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Transition and animation formatting errrors when using on another
A Powerpoint presentation that included slide transition formatting and
animation worked perfectly on several of our computers; however, when the presentation was presented at the client's office, the transition and animation did not function properly. In addition, a Visio file was inserted into a slide as an object, but when viewed at the client's office, portions of the graphic were not placed accordingly. The presentation was burned to a CD and used in the client's computer. We tested the CD on one of our laptops and had no problems. Could the version of Powerpoint affect the formatting? For example, we use Powerpoint 2003, but if the presentation was opened using an older version of Powerpoint, could that somehow change the formatting? Or, can burning the presentation to a CD somehow affect it? Any other suggestions? |
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Burning the presentation to a CD should not affect the file. Presenting on a
computer with a different version of PowerPoint can definitely affect slide transitions and animation. Try saving the file as a PowerPoint Show by choosing "PowerPoint Show (*.pps)" on the "Save as type" line in your "Save As" window. This feature is designed to allow you to show a PowerPoint file as a show even on computers that don't have PowerPoint software loaded on them, so my guess is that could solve your problem for computers with older versions of PowerPoint as well. As far as your Visio graphic blowing up, if showing the file as a show doesn't prevent that, try convering your Visio file to a jpg file before inserting it, or in a pinch, hit your "Print Screen" button on your keyboard while you have the Visio file open and on your screen, then paste that image into the PowerPoint slide simply by choosing "Paste" from your "edit" menu. You will have to crop the image after pasting it to eliminate the extraneous screen graphics though. "amurray" wrote: A Powerpoint presentation that included slide transition formatting and animation worked perfectly on several of our computers; however, when the presentation was presented at the client's office, the transition and animation did not function properly. In addition, a Visio file was inserted into a slide as an object, but when viewed at the client's office, portions of the graphic were not placed accordingly. The presentation was burned to a CD and used in the client's computer. We tested the CD on one of our laptops and had no problems. Could the version of Powerpoint affect the formatting? For example, we use Powerpoint 2003, but if the presentation was opened using an older version of Powerpoint, could that somehow change the formatting? Or, can burning the presentation to a CD somehow affect it? Any other suggestions? |
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Thank you for the information. At least I know now to anticipate such issues
in the future. However, saving the presentation as a pps did not prevent the transition problems, so I am going to try the other suggestions posted. The visio charts were perfect once I saved as a jpg file, so you were right on the mark. Thanks again. "JBarbato" wrote: Burning the presentation to a CD should not affect the file. Presenting on a computer with a different version of PowerPoint can definitely affect slide transitions and animation. Try saving the file as a PowerPoint Show by choosing "PowerPoint Show (*.pps)" on the "Save as type" line in your "Save As" window. This feature is designed to allow you to show a PowerPoint file as a show even on computers that don't have PowerPoint software loaded on them, so my guess is that could solve your problem for computers with older versions of PowerPoint as well. As far as your Visio graphic blowing up, if showing the file as a show doesn't prevent that, try convering your Visio file to a jpg file before inserting it, or in a pinch, hit your "Print Screen" button on your keyboard while you have the Visio file open and on your screen, then paste that image into the PowerPoint slide simply by choosing "Paste" from your "edit" menu. You will have to crop the image after pasting it to eliminate the extraneous screen graphics though. "amurray" wrote: A Powerpoint presentation that included slide transition formatting and animation worked perfectly on several of our computers; however, when the presentation was presented at the client's office, the transition and animation did not function properly. In addition, a Visio file was inserted into a slide as an object, but when viewed at the client's office, portions of the graphic were not placed accordingly. The presentation was burned to a CD and used in the client's computer. We tested the CD on one of our laptops and had no problems. Could the version of Powerpoint affect the formatting? For example, we use Powerpoint 2003, but if the presentation was opened using an older version of Powerpoint, could that somehow change the formatting? Or, can burning the presentation to a CD somehow affect it? Any other suggestions? |
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In article , Amurray wrote:
A Powerpoint presentation that included slide transition formatting and animation worked perfectly on several of our computers; however, when the presentation was presented at the client's office, the transition and animation did not function properly. Transitions/animations changed a lot between PPT 2000 and 2002/2003. You're presentation probably uses new features that aren't supported in PPT 2000. Supplying an AutoRun CD with the new PPT2003 viewer might solve some of these problems. This has some links to more info about that: Make an AutoRun CD http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm As far as the visio file's concerned, it's *very* unlikely that burning the PPT file to CD had anything to do with the problem. It might be a video driver problem at their end or any of several other things. Unless you need to be able to edit the inserted objects on site, it's a very good practice to ungroup then regroup them (working on a copy of your presentation, of course!) That converts them into Office drawing objects - these tend to have fewer cross-platform, cross-version problems than copy/pasted objects. In addition, a Visio file was inserted into a slide as an object, but when viewed at the client's office, portions of the graphic were not placed accordingly. The presentation was burned to a CD and used in the client's computer. We tested the CD on one of our laptops and had no problems. Could the version of Powerpoint affect the formatting? For example, we use Powerpoint 2003, but if the presentation was opened using an older version of Powerpoint, could that somehow change the formatting? Or, can burning the presentation to a CD somehow affect it? Any other suggestions? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Transitions and animations can definitely play differently when played on
different versions of PPT. PPT 2002 (aka PPT XP) and 2003 offer a number of animations and transitions that weren't available in PPT 97 and 2000. If you need to create a presentation that will be played on older versions, go to Tools/Options and turn off the new animation features on the Edit tab. This will essentially put PPT into "2000 mode," so you won't be tempted to use the new features that won't show up in older versions. You could also create an autorun CD that would call on the PPT 2003 Viewer to play the presentation. That would enable you to use the new animations and transitions without worrying about what version of PPT the show computer has. If you have PPT 2003, you can use Package for CD. If you have a different version of PPT, see http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm Also, you mention affecting the formatting. If you mean animations and transitions, I've answered that above (I think). If you mean actual formatting -- like the font changes or something, it is probably because you've used nonstandard fonts on your presentation. See http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00076.htm for info about embedding fonts in PPT. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "amurray" wrote in message ... A Powerpoint presentation that included slide transition formatting and animation worked perfectly on several of our computers; however, when the presentation was presented at the client's office, the transition and animation did not function properly. In addition, a Visio file was inserted into a slide as an object, but when viewed at the client's office, portions of the graphic were not placed accordingly. The presentation was burned to a CD and used in the client's computer. We tested the CD on one of our laptops and had no problems. Could the version of Powerpoint affect the formatting? For example, we use Powerpoint 2003, but if the presentation was opened using an older version of Powerpoint, could that somehow change the formatting? Or, can burning the presentation to a CD somehow affect it? Any other suggestions? |
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