Microsoft KB Archive/169094

= PPT97: Limitations of Converting to PowerPoint 4.0 Format =

Article ID: 169094

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q169094



SUMMARY
When you save a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, features unique to PowerPoint 97 are lost. This article describes PowerPoint 97 features that are not fully supported in PowerPoint 4.0.



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BASIC FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97    Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 format ---

Animated chart elements     Appear as static chart objects. PowerPoint 4.0 users must have Microsoft Graph 97 to edit charts.*

Custom properties           Custom properties are lost.

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

Elevator effects            Converted to Wipe Up effects.

Embedded fonts              Embedded fonts are lost. PowerPoint 4.0 assigns the closest font available.

Native format movies        Converted to Media Player objects. and sounds

Play options for CD         Options are ignored. tracking and movie looping

Presentation properties     Only the following are preserved: Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, Comments, File Name (MS-DOS name), Directory, Template and Slides - all others are lost.

Preset animation settings   Settings are applied only to bulleted lists - all other effects are lost. GRAPHICS FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97    Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 format ---

3-D effects                 Converted as pictures.

Arrowheads                  Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 style.

Automatic fills             Default fill color is displayed.

Automatic line colors       Default line color is displayed.

AutoShapes                  Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 shape or converted to a freeform shape or                            picture if there is no matching shape.

Background patterns on      None applied. slides

Background pictures on      A corresponding picture object is slides                       displayed and sized to fill the slide.

Background textures on      None applied. slides

Black-and-white view        Slides are rendered in color.

Connectors                  Converted to freeform lines; lose their automatic connecting behavior.

Curves                      Approximated with connected line segments.

Dashed line style           Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 style.

Gradient Fills              Semi-transparency is lost.

Joins and endcaps of lines  Become mitered joins and round endcaps on                             AutoShapes, and round joins and endcaps on freeforms.

Object patterns             Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 pattern.

Objects that are linked     Brightness, contrast, and color or embedded                 transformation settings are lost.

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

Picture fills               Converted to picture objects.

Picture fills on shapes     Shape is given a solid fill with the last applied foreground color.

Preset shaded fills         None applied.

Semi-transparent object     Closest solid color is displayed. fills

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 4.0 freeform attached text that          shapes or arcs and text boxes. are new in PowerPoint 97

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

Text effects                Converted as pictures.

Textured fills              The shaded fill in the object is                             displayed. If there is no shaded fill, PowerPoint maps to the default fill color.

Thick compound lines        Converted as picture objects.

Two-color shaded fills      The color defined as Color 1 in                             PowerPoint 97 is displayed. If Color 1 is                            black, Color 2 appears instead. WORKGROUP AND INTERNET FEATURES: Feature in PowerPoint 97    Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 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 4.0 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.*

Title Master                Format changes applied to the Title Master are not lost but appear as if applied to the individual slide. The changes must be edited on each individual slide.

Headers and footers         Appear on the slides but cannot be                             edited.

PowerPoint Macros           Not converted - there is no macro language in PowerPoint 4.0.

Unicode characters          Mapped to corresponding ANSI (Windows) or (2 bytes per character)      1-byte per character (Macintosh)  - foreign language characters are most likely affected.

TrueType fonts              Embedded True Type fonts are not supported. PowerPoint 97 users must make sure fonts in their presentations are available on the computer running PowerPoint 4.0.
 * 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, so 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 back rev saveas convert

Keywords: kbinfo kbinterop kbconversion KB169094

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