Microsoft KB Archive/312249

= MacPPTX: Slide Show Runs More Slowly Than in Earlier Versions =

Article ID: 312249

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q312249



SYMPTOMS
When you view a slide show in Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac, the transition from one slide to the next takes longer than it does in Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac. This issue is likely to occur with slides that have many drawing objects on them.



CAUSE
This issue occurs when you are using the Mac OS X operating system. PowerPoint X uses the internal drawing engine native to Mac OS X; PowerPoint 2001 does not use the internal drawing engine. This difference is more noticeable when the slide contains multiple vector-based images.

A vector-based image is one that uses drawing commands to draw lines and curves and designate filled and non-filled regions of the image. It may contain bitmap information, but it is primarily vector information.

The following file types are examples of vector-based images:


 * Windows Metafile (WMF)
 * Enhanced Windows Metafile (EMF)
 * Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
 * Macintosh Picture (PICT)



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: PPTX mac PPT2001KB sluggish snaillike pace slowpaced long time different slow redraw transition animation animate

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB312249

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