Microsoft KB Archive/135744

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Article ID: 135744

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q135744



SUMMARY
The following text is taken from the PowerPoint for Windows 95 version 7.0 Readme file (Ppreadme.txt).

Installable filters are provided with PowerPoint for Windows 95 version 7.0 which you can add to a PowerPoint 4.0 installation that allows PowerPoint 4.0 to read presentations created with PowerPoint 7.0. New graphic effects and features of PowerPoint 7.0 are not available when the presentation is opened in PowerPoint 4.0, but reappear normally when subsequently opened in PowerPoint 7.0, provided the presentation is not saved from PowerPoint 4.0.

For the Windows version of PowerPoint, the Vsetup program is provided which performs the necessary installation procedure to add the filter to PowerPoint 4.0. Simply copying the filters to users' machines will not work. The Vsetup must be used to install them. For the Macintosh version of PowerPoint, you can simply copy the filter to the PowerPoint folder.

A PowerPoint 7.0 translator is available that allows PowerPoint 4.0 for the Macintosh to read PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95 files. The Macintosh 7.0 translator includes the 68k and Power Macintosh versions. You can obtain the Macintosh version of the translator from online services.

One method to read PowerPoint 95 presentations on your Macintosh, is to first save the presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format.

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The actual file that enables backwards compatibility with PowerPoint 4.0 is Pp7trans.dll. However, as stated above, merely copying a file or set of files to the PowerPoint 4.0 machine will not enable backward compatibility. Vsetup must be run.

For additional information about obtaining the PowerPoint 7.0 translator for Macintosh PowerPoint 4.0, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q133803 TITLE    : PPT4: Converter for Importing 7.0 Files into Mac PowerPoint 4.0

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE    : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

ARTICLE-ID: Q151983 TITLE    : PPT4: PowerPoint 7.0 Translator for Mac PowerPoint 4 Available

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