Microsoft KB Archive/278552

= Animations disappear after you modify a PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2003, or PowerPoint 2002 presentation in PowerPoint 2000 =

Article ID: 278552

Article Last Modified on 3/5/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q278552



SYMPTOMS
When you edit a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, or Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, and then you reopen the presentation in PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002, some custom animations may be missing.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when you add an animation to the slide and then save the presentation by using the same name as the PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002 presentation. Certain custom animations in PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2003, or PowerPoint 2002 do not exist in PowerPoint 2000. Therefore, when you save the presentation in PowerPoint 2000, the PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002 animations are deleted from the presentation.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, when you open a PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2003, or PowerPoint 2002 presentation in PowerPoint 2000 and then make changes to the presentation, save the presentation to a different file name.



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: PPT2002 PPT prb PPT2003 PPT2007 kbnoOfficeAlertID

Keywords: kbanimation kbsavefile kbopenfile kbprb kbnofix KB278552

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