Microsoft KB Archive/117181

PPT4: Converting Mac PowerPoint 3.0 Files to Win PowerPoint 4.0

PSS ID Number: Q117181 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:4.0; macintosh:3.0

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0 == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 3.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

Because the ability to open PowerPoint 3.0 for the Macintosh files directly in PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows was not available until version 4.0c of PowerPoint for Windows, the PowerPoint Readme Help files contain different information for this topic, depending on which version of PowerPoint you are using. The following lists the Readme Help file information for the various 4.0 releases.

= README HELP 4.0 and 4.0A =

Converting from Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh Version 3.0 to Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0 does not read Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh version 3.0 presentations directly. You must open your Macintosh version 3.0 presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh version 4.0 first, and then you can open the presentation directly in Windows PowerPoint version 4.0.

Or, if the Apple Macintosh version 4.0 is not available, you must open your Macintosh version 3.0 presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 3.0 first, and then open the Windows PowerPoint 3.0 presentation directly in Windows PowerPoint version 4.0.

= README HELP 4.0C =

Converting from Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh Version 3.0 to Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0 directly reads Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh version 3.0 presentations. For more information on how fonts are mapped, see Substituting Fonts When Converting Presentations from Apple Macintosh to Microsoft Windows.

= MORE INFORMATION =

For more information about methods of transferring files between the MS-DOS and Macintosh platforms, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q95228 TITLE : Transferring Files Between Macintosh and MS-DOS

For more information about how fonts are mapped when converting presentations from the Macintosh to Windows, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q116430 TITLE : PPT: Font Substitutions - Macintosh to Windows Windows

Additional query words: read me pp4readme readme.txt 4.00 3.00 macppt winppt readme4.00

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========================================================= Keywords : kbreadme kbdta Version : windows:4.0; macintosh:3.0 Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.