Microsoft KB Archive/169095

= PPT97: Limitations of Converting to PowerPoint 7.0 Format =

Article ID: 169095

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q169095



SUMMARY
Because Microsoft PowerPoint 97 and PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 files are saved in different file formats, some information may not be converted or may not convert as expected. The following table describes how PowerPoint 97 features which are not fully supported in PowerPoint 7.0 are converted.

NOTE: When you run the PowerPoint 97 Pack and Go Wizard, your presentation is packed as a PowerPoint 95 and 97 format presentation. If you unpack a presentation and view it using the PowerPoint Viewer that ships with PowerPoint 97, it behaves like a PowerPoint 7.0 file according to the table below.



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BASIC FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97        Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 format -

Animated chart elements         Appear as static chart objects. PowerPoint 95 users must have Microsoft Graph 97 to edit charts.*

Custom shows                    Slides appear in the presentation, but the Custom Show feature does not exist.

Elevator effects                Converted to Wipe Up effects.

Native format movies and        Converted to Media Player objects. sounds

Play options for CD             Options are ignored. tracking and movie looping GRAPHICS FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97        Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 format -

3-D effects                     Converted as pictures.

AutoShapes                      Converted to freeform shapes or                                  pictures if there is no matching shape.

Connectors                      Converted as freeform lines and lose their automatic connecting behavior.

Curves                          Approximated with connected line segments.

Gradient Fills                  Semitransparency is lost.

Joins and endcaps of lines      Become mitered joins and round endcaps on AutoShapes, and round joins and endcaps on freeforms. Objects that are linked         Brightness, contrast, and color or embedded                     transformation settings are lost.

Picture brightness, contrast,   Rendered at current PowerPoint 97 and color transformation        settings.

Picture fills                   Converted to picture objects.

Picture fills on shapes         Shape is converted as a picture object and given a solid fill with the last applied foreground color.

Shadows, engraved               Takes on embossed shadow effects.

Shadows, perspective            Converted as shapes or pictures and grouped with the shape casting the shadow.

Shapes or arcs with             Converted to PowerPoint 95 freeform attached text that are          shapes or arcs and text boxes. new in PowerPoint 97

Text box margins                Averaged to center the text block in                                  the box.

Text effects                    Converted as pictures.

Thick compound lines            Converted as picture objects. WORKGROUP AND INTERNET FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97        Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 format -

Comments                        Converted to Rich Text Format - hidden comments are displayed.

Hyperlinks that combine         Play Sound settings are lost. Play Sound with other action settings

Hyperlinks embedded within      Hyperlinks are lost. an object

Action settings embedded        Action settings are lost. within an object OTHER FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97        Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 format -

Charts                          Cannot be edited unless the user has Microsoft Graph 97.*

Clip Gallery                    Cannot be edited unless the user has Microsoft Clip Gallery 3.0 or                                 Microsoft ClipArt Gallery 2.0 (ClipArt Gallery 2.0 ships with                                PowerPoint 95.).*

PowerPoint Macros               Not converted - there is no macro language in PowerPoint 95.

Unicode characters              Mapped to corresponding ANSI - (2 bytes per character)         foreign language characters are most likely affected.
 * Inserted Charts and Clip Gallery objects are OLE objects. When you save a PowerPoint 97 presentation in a previous format, PowerPoint does not change OLE objects. In order to edit them, you must have a program that knows how to edit that particular type of OLE object.

NOTE: If you are running PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1, you can convert Graph 97 objects to Graph 5.0 objects (so that people who use PowerPoint 95 can edit them), using these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 2) In the Save as Type list, click PowerPoint 95 With Graph 5.0.
 * 3) In the File Name box, type a new file name and then click Save.

Additional query words: 97 8.0 down rev saveas pack&go pack and go unpack lost missing

Keywords: kbinfo kbinterop kbconversion KB169095

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