Cross-platform issue between Mac & PC

[MichiganDoll]

When creating a PowerPoint presentation on a Mac and than viewing on a
PC, some of the custom animations do not cross-platform; and, vice
versa. Is there a fix to this problem? We are trying to create a
standard presentation that anyone can view and/or update. Even saving
as a PPS does not seem to work. Mostly, the "Exit" customizations are
lost. Help!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

When creating a PowerPoint presentation on a Mac and than viewing on a
PC, some of the custom animations do not cross-platform; and, vice
versa. Is there a fix to this problem? We are trying to create a
standard presentation that anyone can view and/or update. Even saving
as a PPS does not seem to work.

Saving as a PPS would have no effect whatever. A PPS is simply a PPT with a
different name (the .PPS instead of .PPT). The contents are identical.

Are you viewing the presentation on PowerPoint 2002 (XP) or higher on the PC?
I'd expect incompatibilities when viewing animations in earlier versions.

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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

If create cross-platform presentations it might be worth your while to
update to PowerPoint 2004. It has a compatibility checker that can
alert you to incompatibilities and fix them automatically.

-Jim

 

[MichiganDoll]

On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional
Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003.
Do you believe that this could be the issue. Our PC's will need an
upgrade?

 

[MichiganDoll]

Thank you. That sounds like the direction we should proceed.

 

[Kurt]

On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional
Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003.
Do you believe that this could be the issue. Our PC's will need an
upgrade?

When you reply to a post, you need to leave the previous post on it so
that people know what you are referencing.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional
Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003.
Do you believe that this could be the issue. Our PC's will need an
upgrade?

There's no "up" to grade to ;-)
Office 2003 is the current release on the PC side.

It handles exit animations, but humor me here for a minute: Can Office Mac X
*create* exit animations?

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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Yes, PowerPoint 2004 can create exit animations.

-Jim

 

[MichiganDoll]

Office:mac v. X Professional Edition (with virtual PC for Mac).

Can Office Mac X *create* exit animations?

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Yes, Office Mac X can create exit animations. The differences I see
between the PC version and the Mac version is in the verbiage. The Mac
has a custom animation window where you can select the object and
specify an entry & exit effect or sound and create the order and timing
of those animations. The problem may be caused by the programer
utilizing a different script for the description of the animation.
There are some animations that are available in the Mac version and not
the PC and vice versa. Or, at least they are called something
different. Just a thought.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

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Yes, Office Mac X can create exit animations. The differences I see
between the PC version and the Mac version is in the verbiage. The Mac
has a custom animation window where you can select the object and
specify an entry & exit effect or sound and create the order and timing
of those animations. The problem may be caused by the programer
utilizing a different script for the description of the animation.
There are some animations that are available in the Mac version and not
the PC and vice versa. Or, at least they are called something
different. Just a thought.

Thanks ... I wasn't near the Mac earlier but now I see the Exit animations.

Under the hood, PPT just stores numbers for this sort of thing, but if the
numbers are mapped to different animations on PC vs Mac, it might cause this
kind of problem.


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[Steve Rindsberg]

Yes, PowerPoint 2004 can create exit animations.

Thanks, Jim. But I understood from the OP that it's Office X that's in use.



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[Jim Gordon MVP]

Good point, Steve. Let me clarify what my sleepy brain was trying say.

Both Office X and Office 2004 support exit animations. The exit
animations supported in version X are the same as in PowerPoint 2001
(Mac) and 2000 (Windows).

Additional exit animations have been added to PowerPoint 2004. I'm not
sure whether the same effects exposed in the User Interface are the same
for PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2004.

The add-in I made to import pictures into PowerPoint has 168 different
animation effects. I tried to make sure every existing built-in effect
was included. In my add-in the older animation effects are grouped
seperately from the new ones.

Some of the new animation effects use motion paths.

Users of Office 2003 should be able to play all of the entry, emphasis
and exit animations that are used in any version of PowerPoint on the Mac.

PowerPoint 2004 comes with a compatability checker that will tell you
exactly which effects work with which versions of Powerpoint for both
Mac and Windows and the compatability checker can automatically remove
incompatible effects.

-Jim

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi Sleepy,

Both Office X and Office 2004 support exit animations. The exit
animations supported in version X are the same as in PowerPoint 2001
(Mac) and 2000 (Windows).

Make that 2002 (Windows) and I'll get out the credit card. ;-)
2000 doesn't do exit animations.

or how about:

"The animations supported in version X are the same as in PowerPoint 2001
(Mac) and 2000 (Windows). These do not include Exit animations."

Would that be clearer? (And from the Mac side, accurate?)

Your buddy,
Dopey

And re the picture importer: Impressive!

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