Article ID: 169094
Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
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SUMMARY
When you save a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, features unique to PowerPoint 97 are lost. This article describes PowerPoint 97 features that are not fully supported in PowerPoint 4.0.
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BASIC FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 format ------------------------ ----------------------------------- Animated chart elements Appear as static chart objects. PowerPoint 4.0 users must have Microsoft Graph 97 to edit charts.* Custom properties Custom properties are lost. Custom shows Slides appear in the presentation, but the Custom Show feature does not exist. Elevator effects Converted to Wipe Up effects. Embedded fonts Embedded fonts are lost. PowerPoint 4.0 assigns the closest font available. Native format movies Converted to Media Player objects. and sounds Play options for CD Options are ignored. tracking and movie looping Presentation properties Only the following are preserved: Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, Comments, File Name (MS-DOS name), Directory, Template and Slides - all others are lost. Preset animation settings Settings are applied only to bulleted lists - all other effects are lost.
GRAPHICS FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 format ------------------------ ----------------------------------- 3-D effects Converted as pictures. Arrowheads Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 style. Automatic fills Default fill color is displayed. Automatic line colors Default line color is displayed. AutoShapes Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 shape or converted to a freeform shape or picture if there is no matching shape. Background patterns on None applied. slides Background pictures on A corresponding picture object is slides displayed and sized to fill the slide. Background textures on None applied. slides Black-and-white view Slides are rendered in color. Connectors Converted to freeform lines; lose their automatic connecting behavior. Curves Approximated with connected line segments. Dashed line style Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 style. Gradient Fills Semi-transparency is lost. Joins and endcaps of lines Become mitered joins and round endcaps on AutoShapes, and round joins and endcaps on freeforms. Object patterns Matched to the nearest PowerPoint 4.0 pattern. Objects that are linked Brightness, contrast, and color or embedded transformation settings are lost. Picture brightness, Rendered at current PowerPoint 97 contrast, and color settings. transformation Picture fills Converted to picture objects. Picture fills on shapes Shape is given a solid fill with the last applied foreground color. Preset shaded fills None applied. Semi-transparent object Closest solid color is displayed. fills Shadows, engraved Takes on embossed shadow effects. Shadows, perspective Converted as shapes or pictures and grouped with the shape casting the shadow. Shapes or arcs with Converted to PowerPoint 4.0 freeform attached text that shapes or arcs and text boxes. are new in PowerPoint 97 Text box margins Averaged to center the text block in the box. Text effects Converted as pictures. Textured fills The shaded fill in the object is displayed. If there is no shaded fill, PowerPoint maps to the default fill color. Thick compound lines Converted as picture objects. Two-color shaded fills The color defined as Color 1 in PowerPoint 97 is displayed. If Color 1 is black, Color 2 appears instead.
WORKGROUP AND INTERNET FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 format ------------------------ ----------------------------------- Comments Converted to Rich Text Format - hidden comments are displayed. Hyperlinks that combine Play Sound settings are lost. Play Sound with other action settings Hyperlinks embedded within Hyperlinks are lost. an object Action settings embedded Action settings are lost. within an object
OTHER FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 4.0 format ------------------------ ----------------------------------- Charts Cannot be edited unless the user has Microsoft Graph 97.* Clip Gallery Cannot be edited unless the user has Microsoft Clip Gallery 3.0 or Microsoft ClipArt Gallery 2.0.* Title Master Format changes applied to the Title Master are not lost but appear as if applied to the individual slide. The changes must be edited on each individual slide. Headers and footers Appear on the slides but cannot be edited. PowerPoint Macros Not converted - there is no macro language in PowerPoint 4.0. Unicode characters Mapped to corresponding ANSI (Windows) or (2 bytes per character) 1-byte per character (Macintosh) - foreign language characters are most likely affected. TrueType fonts Embedded True Type fonts are not supported. PowerPoint 97 users must make sure fonts in their presentations are available on the computer running PowerPoint 4.0.
- Inserted Charts and Clip Gallery objects are OLE objects. When you save a PowerPoint 97 presentation in a previous format, PowerPoint does not change OLE objects, so in order to edit them you must have a program that knows how to edit that particular type of OLE object.
NOTE: If you are running PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1, you can convert Graph 97 objects to Graph 5.0 objects (so that people who use PowerPoint 95 can edit them), using these steps:
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save as Type list, click PowerPoint 95 With Graph 5.0.
- In the File Name box, type a new file name and then click Save.
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