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Latest revision as of 12:29, 21 July 2020
Article ID: 169095
Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q169095
SUMMARY
Because Microsoft PowerPoint 97 and PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 files are saved in different file formats, some information may not be converted or may not convert as expected. The following table describes how PowerPoint 97 features which are not fully supported in PowerPoint 7.0 are converted.
NOTE: When you run the PowerPoint 97 Pack and Go Wizard, your presentation is packed as a PowerPoint 95 and 97 format presentation. If you unpack a presentation and view it using the PowerPoint Viewer that ships with PowerPoint 97, it behaves like a PowerPoint 7.0 file according to the table below.
MORE INFORMATION
BASIC FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 format ------------------------ ------------------------------------- Animated chart elements Appear as static chart objects. PowerPoint 95 users must have Microsoft Graph 97 to edit charts.* Custom shows Slides appear in the presentation, but the Custom Show feature does not exist. Elevator effects Converted to Wipe Up effects. Native format movies and Converted to Media Player objects. sounds Play options for CD Options are ignored. tracking and movie looping
GRAPHICS FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 format ------------------------ ------------------------------------- 3-D effects Converted as pictures. AutoShapes Converted to freeform shapes or pictures if there is no matching shape. Connectors Converted as freeform lines and lose their automatic connecting behavior. Curves Approximated with connected line segments. Gradient Fills Semitransparency is lost. Joins and endcaps of lines Become mitered joins and round endcaps on AutoShapes, and round joins and endcaps on freeforms. Objects that are linked Brightness, contrast, and color or embedded transformation settings are lost. Picture brightness, contrast, Rendered at current PowerPoint 97 and color transformation settings. Picture fills Converted to picture objects. Picture fills on shapes Shape is converted as a picture object and given a solid fill with the last applied foreground color. 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 95 freeform attached text that are shapes or arcs and text boxes. new in PowerPoint 97 Text box margins Averaged to center the text block in the box. Text effects Converted as pictures. Thick compound lines Converted as picture objects.
WORKGROUP AND INTERNET FEATURES:
Feature in PowerPoint 97 Result when saved in PowerPoint 95 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 95 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 (ClipArt Gallery 2.0 ships with PowerPoint 95.).* PowerPoint Macros Not converted - there is no macro language in PowerPoint 95. Unicode characters Mapped to corresponding ANSI - (2 bytes per character) foreign language characters are most likely affected.
- 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. 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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