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193160 2003-11-19 12:44:00 Hi, all,

I made this powerpoint show with Office XP, and I wanted to send it to a friend as her birthday gift. However, after finishing making it, I realized that she only had Office 2000 installed... now I've gone through a lot of work in order to make this show, and I know that some of the animations in XP are not supported in 2000 (i tested it on another friend's machine who also had Office 2000, everything just went bizarre!).... but I don't want to waste all the work I've done!!!... So my question is, is there any way to display the show as it was originally intended without having to install office XP on my friend's com? (she's in a different country)... like a pps viewer or something? or what not?

Thanks heaps..

==James==
jamesjiao (2163)
193161 2003-11-19 14:43:00 Try this: powerpoint view that supports 2000
www.microsoft.com
Smurf (506)
193162 2003-11-19 17:56:00 try saving it as a lower version ie file .....save as......save as type (choose one that you think will work) then test it beama (111)
193163 2003-11-19 19:36:00 Use the "pack and go" option under File -

That should create a run-time application and file that will not require ppt on the PC at the other end. Therefore the version will not be an issue.

Try it to confirm that the attributes are retained.
godfather (25)
193164 2003-11-19 20:49:00 Definitely the pack and go option like godfather said. It is the only reliable way of transporting a powerpoint file as it is, they seem to like to use absolute links instead of relative links.

Just be sure to include the viewer into the mix.
-=JM=- (16)
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