Microsoft KB Archive/62482

PowerPoint: Using the Apple File Exchange Translator PSS ID Number: Q62482 Article last modified on 01-09-1991 PSS database name: M_PowerPt

2.00 2.01

MACINTOSH

Summary:

An Apple File Exchange Translator is available from Microsoft that allows you to convert Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh files into Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows version 2.00 files and vice versa. Apple File Exchange is a program that can be found on the Macintosh Utilities 2 disk. To use the translator, do the following:

  Copy the PowerPoint translator file and Apple File Exchange into the same folder.   Double-click the Apple File Exchange icon. This loads the Apple File Exchange program and presents a screen containing two small windows and a set of buttons.   In the left-hand window, locate the file to be translated. If the file is on a DOS-formatted disk, insert that disk now. (Note: An FDHD (floppy disk, high density) disk drive is needed to do this.)   In the right-hand window, specify the destination for the translated file by opening the appropriate folder. If the desired destination is a DOS-formatted disk, insert that disk now. (Note: An FDHD disk drive is needed to do this.)   Depending on the type of translation you are doing, you will see Mac To DOS, DOS To Mac, or Mac To Mac appear in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click this menu and choose Other Translations.   You will be presented with a list of possible translations. Choose either PowerPoint Mac To Windows or PowerPoint Windows To Mac (depending on the type of translation desired). Click OK.   In the left-hand window, select the file to be translated and click the Translate button. The file is translated and placed in the designated destination folder or disk. 

More Information:

If the PowerPoint file contains large or complex images, you may need to allow the Apple File Exchange program as much memory as possible. This can be achieved by turning off MultiFinder, removing extra fonts, desk accessories (DAs), start-up programs (INITs), and Control Panel devices (CDEVs), and by turning off the RAM cache.

To obtain the PowerPoint translator for Apple File Exchange, call Microsoft End User Sales and Service at (800) 426-9400 or Microsoft International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.