Microsoft KB Archive/183259

= PPT98: Transitions in Earlier Version Files Are Ignored =

Article ID: 183259

Article Last Modified on 7/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q183259



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0 presentation that includes transitions in Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition and run a slide show, none of the transitions work. Also, if you switch to Slide Sorter view, the transition type for each slide is defined as "No Transition."

NOTE: Even though PowerPoint 98 does not use the transitions correctly, if you run the presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0, the transitions work as expected.



CAUSE
PowerPoint 98 does not correctly read the transition information from the presentation file.



RESOLUTION
To view the transitions in PowerPoint 3.0 and 4.0 presentations, run the slide show in PowerPoint (3.0 or 4.0) or the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer.

For more information about the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer for the Macintosh, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

122935 PPT: Macintosh PowerPoint Viewer Available on Online Services



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: mac_ppt ppt98 ppt_98 powerpoint 8.00 mac_powerpt powermac powerpt pptview builds animations animated

Keywords: kbconversion kbinterop kbprb KB183259

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