Microsoft KB Archive/312326

= MacPPTX: Readme for Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac =

Article ID: 312326

Article Last Modified on 7/16/2007

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SUMMARY
This article contains the contents of the &quot;Read Me&quot; file for Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac.



MORE INFORMATION
=== Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac

Read Me ===

October 2001

© 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This document provides late-breaking information about Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac and is current as of the date above. After that date, you can find more current information and resources at the Microsoft Mactopia Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/.   1  System Requirements and Installation 2 Working with Different Versions of PowerPoint 2.1 Opening Files in PowerPoint 98 2.2 Opening and Saving PowerPoint 4.0 Files 2.3 Sharing Files with PowerPoint for Windows 2.4 Animations Created in PowerPoint 2002 3 Saving Presentations as Web Pages 4 Working with PowerPoint Movies 5 Using the Microsoft Language Register 6 Using Design Gallery Live 6.1 Configuring Web Browsers 6.2 Associating Downloaded Clips with Clip Gallery 7 Naming Files 8 Printing 8.1 White Lines in Print Preview 8.2 Printing on Epson Printers 8.3 Printing on Hewlett-Packard Printers 8.4 Slow Printing 8.5 Printing Transparent Objects and Pictures 8.6 Encapsulated PostScript Graphics and PostScript Printers 8.7 Printing on Canon Printers 9 Scanners and Digital Cameras 10 OLE Objects and Toolbars 11 Office Assistant 12 More Help

1 System Requirements and Installation
For information about system requirements and installing PowerPoint X, open the Installation Read Me.html file from the Microsoft Office X/Read Me folder on the Microsoft Office X for Mac CD-ROM or on the PowerPoint CD-ROM.

2 Working with Different Versions of PowerPoint
2.1 Opening Files in PowerPoint 98

To open files created with PowerPoint X in PowerPoint 98, download and install the Microsoft Word 98/PowerPoint 98 Updater from the Mactopia Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/.

2.2 Opening and Saving PowerPoint 4.0 files

PowerPoint X cannot open files created with PowerPoint 4.0 and cannot save files in PowerPoint 4.0 format. You can work with PowerPoint 4.0 files in PowerPoint X by opening the files in a version of PowerPoint later than PowerPoint 4.0 and earlier than PowerPoint X, and then saving the files.

2.3 Sharing Files with PowerPoint for Windows

Macintosh computers and computers running Microsoft Windows might use different fonts. For best results for sharing presentations with Windows users, install the additional fonts available in the Value Pack folder on your Microsoft Office X CD-ROM. For more information about installing components from the Value Pack, see the Guide to the Value Pack file in the Value Pack folder on the CD-ROM or on the network you installed PowerPoint from.

2.4 Animations Created in PowerPoint 2002

PowerPoint X does not support the new animation effects in PowerPoint 2002 or new animation features such as simultaneous animation and timelines. If a presentation created in PowerPoint 2002 does not look good in PowerPoint X, you can turn off animations by selecting the Show without animation check box in the Set Up Show dialog box (Slide Show menu, Set Up Show command).

3 Saving Presentations as Web Pages
Presentations saved as Web pages have the following limitations:


 * The quality of graphics might go down.
 * Slide animations and transitions do not appear.
 * Web page file names cannot be longer than 25 characters.
 * Bullets and some other characters might not display correctly in Netscape Navigator.

To fix this problem, in Netscape Navigator, on the View menu, click Character Set, and then select Unicode (UTF-8)

4 Working with PowerPoint Movies
PowerPoint Movies have the following limitations:


 * PowerPoint Movies can be opened for editing in PowerPoint 2001 for Mac and PowerPoint X for Mac only.
 * When you save a PowerPoint Movie to a network volume, all of the slides may come out black. To avoid this problem, save the Movie on your hard disk, and then copy the file to a network volume.
 * Transparent Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images do not appear transparent if they or any other object on the slide is animated.
 * Antialiased text loses its antialiasing if the text is animated.
 * Animated GIF files are not supported.
 * Some animation effects are not supported.
 * Chart animations are not supported.
 * Inserted sounds do not play through several slides. If you need to play a sound through your entire presentation, you can add a background soundtrack in the Movie Options dialog box (File menu, Make Movie command, Adjust settings).

5 Using the Microsoft Language Register
If you want to enable Japanese features in Office X, you must use the Microsoft Language Register with each Office program separately. For more information about using the Microsoft Language Register, see the Guide to the Value Pack, located in the Value Pack folder on the CD-ROM you installed PowerPoint from.

6 Using Design Gallery Live
6.1 Configuring Web Browsers

Design Gallery Live provides you with thousands of free image and sound clips that you can download to enhance the overall look and feel of your presentations. If you have trouble using downloaded clips, you might have to configure your browser to properly recognize Design Gallery Live clips.

Configure Internet Explorer for Design Gallery Live

 Start Microsoft Internet Explorer. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences. In the left pane, under Receiving Files, click File Helpers. In the File Helper Settings pane, click Add. In the Edit File Helper dialog box, enter the following information:  Description: Clip Gallery Live File</li> Extension: .cil</li> MIME type: application/vnd.ms-artgalry</li> File type: CGdb</li> File creator: MScg</li></ul>

</li> Under File Type, click Browse, and then find and click the Microsoft Clip Gallery program - usually located in the Office folder under your Microsoft Office X installation folder.</li> Click OK.</li> Under Handling, on the How to handle pop-up menu, click Post-Process with Application.</li> Click OK.</li> Close and restart Internet Explorer.</li></ol>

To configure other browsers for Design Gallery Live, search the browser's Help for information about assigning helper programs for file types.

6.2 Associating Downloaded Clips with Clip Gallery

If you install Office in a folder other than the Applications folder, files you download from Design Gallery Live might not automatically open in Microsoft Clip Gallery. To fix this problem, you can associate downloaded clips (.cil files) with Clip Gallery in the Finder. Before you start the following steps, download a clip from Design Gallery Live (Insert menu, Picture submenu, Clip Art command, Online button).

Associate downloaded clips
 * 1) Use the Finder to locate and select the downloaded clip.
 * 2) In the Finder, on the File menu, click Show Info.
 * 3) In the   Info window, on the pop-up menu below the file name, click Open with application.
 * 4) Click the button below the pop-up menu, and then click Other on the list that appears.
 * 5) Find and select the Microsoft Clip Gallery program in the Microsoft Office X/Office folder.
 * 6) Click Add.
 * 7) Close the   Info window.

7 Naming Files
PowerPoint does not accept file names longer than 31 characters for saving new files (25 characters for Web presentations). However, you can open files that have file names that are longer than 31 characters. You can save these files with their original file names, but if you use the Save As command (File menu), you must use shorter file names.

PowerPoint cannot open files with file names that include Unicode characters. To open such a file, use the Finder to rename the file before you open it.

8 Printing
8.1 White Lines in Print Preview

When you click Preview in the Print dialog box (File menu, Print command) to see what your presentation will look like when it prints, you might see white lines on your graphics. These white lines will not appear in the printed presentation, but you can remove them from the preview by clicking the AntiAliasing command on the Display menu to clear the check mark. Your graphics might appear jagged when you clear the AntiAliasing command; however, the graphics will be smooth when the presentation prints.

8.2 Printing on Epson Printers

The right side of a slide's border might not print on Epson inkjet printers. To print the whole slide, you can scale the slide to fit the paper.

Scale slide to fit paper


 * 1) On the File menu, click Print.
 * 2) On the pop-up menu that contains the words Copies & Pages, click Microsoft PowerPoint.
 * 3) Select the Scale to Fit Paper check box.

8.3 Printing on Hewlett-Packard Printers

Picture fills might print upside down on Hewlett-Packard PostScript printers.

8.4 Slow Printing

Presentations that contain texture fills, picture fills, WordArt, border art, and wavy borders might print slowly in Office X.

8.5 Printing Transparent Objects and Pictures

Some drawing objects and pictures that look transparent on your computer screen will not appear transparent when printed. The transparency of drawing objects that have simple fills, such as solid colors, will print correctly. The transparency of drawing objects that have complex fills - such as gradients, patterns, textures, and pictures - will not print correctly. The transparency of pictures, such as GIF and JPEG files, will not print correctly. Apple might use Software Update (Apple menu, System Preferences command, Software Update pane) to provide updates that will fix these problems. For more information about updates, visit Apple's Web site at http://www.apple.com/.

8.6 Encapsulated PostScript Graphics and PostScript Printers

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphics might print as low resolution preview images on PostScript printers. Apple will use Software Update (Apple menu, System Preferences command, Software Update pane) to provide an update that will fix the problem. You can visit Apple's Web site at http://www.apple.com/ for more information about updates.

8.7 Printing on Canon Printers

To print on a Canon printer, click Print on the File menu or press COMMAND+P. You cannot print by clicking the Print button on the Standard toolbar.

9 Scanners and Digital Cameras
You can use scanners and digital cameras that support TWAIN to insert pictures directly into Office X documents (Insert menu, Picture submenu, From Scanner or Camera command). To use pictures from devices that support Adobe Photoshop plug-ins or Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) instead of TWAIN, you must save the pictures to your hard disk before you insert them into an Office document (Insert menu, Picture submenu, From File command). For the latest information about digital imaging support in Office X - including a list of supported scanners and digital cameras - visit the Office X digital imaging area on the Mactopia Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/officex/using.aspx?pid=usingofficex&type=howto&article=/mac/officex/prodinfo/imaging.xml.

10 OLE Objects and Toolbars
If you insert an OLE object - such as a chart from Excel or a table from Word - into your presentation, the toolbars in your PowerPoint window might disappear. To display the toolbars, switch to the Finder, and then switch back to PowerPoint.

11 Office Assistant
The first time that you display the Office Assistant, the window might be blank. If this occurs, click on the Desktop and then switch back to the program to use the Office Assistant.

12 More Help
For additional technical assistance, you can get support information on the Web at http://support.microsoft.com/. You can also contact Microsoft Product Support Services by phone at (425) 454-2030 in the United States and at (905) 568-2294 in Canada.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

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