Microsoft KB Archive/151983

PPT4: PowerPoint 7.0 Translator for Mac PowerPoint 4 Available

PSS ID Number: Q151983 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

macintosh:4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 is unable to open PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 files directly. Microsoft has made translators available that allow Macintosh PowerPoint 4.0 (Power Macintosh or 680x0) to read files created in PowerPoint for Windows 95. These translators are available from online services.

The information in this article covers the following topics:


 * How to Obtain the PowerPoint 7.0 Translators
 * How to Configure PC Exchange on Your Macintosh
 * How to Install the Translators
 * How to Open PowerPoint 7.0 Files

= MORE INFORMATION =

How to Obtain the PowerPoint 7.0 Translators
You can find Pp7trans.hqx, a BinHex encoded file, on the following services:


 * Microsoft’s World Wide Web Site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon. Click Knowledge Base, and select the product. Enter kbfile Pp7trans.hqx, and click GO! Open the article, and click the button to download the file.
 * Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder. Get Pp7trans.hqx
 * Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL Download Pp7trans.hqx

NOTE: After you download the Pp7trans.hqx file, you will need to decode the BinHex file format. Do not attempt to use the translator until it is decoded. Microsoft does not manufacture a BinHex decoder. You will need to obtain the decoder from a third-party vendor.

How to Configure PC Exchange on Your Macintosh
  In the Control Panels folder (in the System Folder), double-click the PC Exchange icon.   Click the Add button.   In the MS-DOS Suffix box, type: PPT   In the box that contains the directory structure of you Macintosh, locate and select the PowerPoint 4.0 program. (By default, PowerPoint is located in the Microsoft PowerPoint 4 folder.) The Application Program field, at the top of this dialog box, should indicate that PowerPoint is selected.   Click and hold the drop-down arrow for Document Type. This should reveal a list of types.   From the list of types, select: SLD3 NOTE: Document Type is case sensitive. Do not select sLD3. </li>  Click OK. </li>  Close the PC Exchange control panel. </li></ol>

PC Exchange is now configured for use with PowerPoint files transferred to the Macintosh from a floppy disk.

How to Install the Translators
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  The PP7TRANS folder contains both the 680x0 and PowerPC versions of the translator. To determine the appropriate translator to install you will need to know which version of PowerPoint 4.0 you are running (680x0 or PowerPC). Use the steps below to determine the version of PowerPoint: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">  Start PowerPoint. If PowerPoint is already running, skip to step c. </li>  Click the Cancel button to bypass the startup screens. </li>  On the Apple menu, click About PowerPoint. </li>  Look at the first line in this dialog box. If you are using the Power Macintosh version of PowerPoint, the dialog box will display a message similar to “Microsoft PowerPoint Version 4.0 for the Power Macintosh”; If no text appears after the version number, you are running the 680x0 version of PowerPoint. </li></ol> </li>  Drag the appropriate translator into the Microsoft PowerPoint 4 folder. PP7TRANS (The PowerPC version) PP7TRANS (The 680x0 version) </li></ol>

When the translator is correctly installed, the “PowerPoint 7.0 Files” command will be displayed in the List Files Of Type drop-down menu.

How to Open PowerPoint 7.0 Files
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  On the File menu, click Open. </li>  From the List Files Of Type drop-down list, select PowerPoint 7.0 Files. NOTE: The translator will not function if this step is not done. </li>  Find the file and select the 7.0 presentation. If the 7.0 presentation does not appear in the Open dialog box when you select PowerPoint 7.0 Files, the 7.0 presentation does not have the correct type and creator. In order to work, the PowerPoint 7 translator (pp7trans) requires that the presentation file have the following type and creator: Type: SLD3 Creator: PPT3 Type and Creator fields are case sensitive. All alpha characters should be in upper-case letters. If the presentation is located on an MS-DOS-formatted floppy disk, the solution usually involves configuring PC Exchange to work with .PPT files. However, if the presentation is transferred to the Macintosh by some other method or if it already resides on the Macintosh other steps must be used. </li>  Click the Open button. </li></ol>

The presentation should be translated to the Macintosh format.

= REFERENCES =

For additional information about opening PowerPoint 7.0 files on your Macintosh, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q88082 TITLE : PPT: Error Opening Untranslated Presentation

ARTICLE-ID: Q139151 TITLE : PPT: 7.0 Translator Requires Correct Type and Creator

ARTICLE-ID: Q141862 TITLE : How to Decode .hqx Files Downloaded from Online Services

ARTICLE-ID: Q139915 TITLE : PPT4: Contents of PowerPoint 7.0 Translator Disk (for Macintosh)

= Additional query words: 4.00 w_powerpt m_powerpt ppt4 wppt4 mppt4 =

Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion Version : macintosh:4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.