Losing Bullet Formatting when saving as PPT 2004

[Essmith94]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

When I create a powerpoint in 2008 and use the slide master to format my bullets and then save it as powerpoint 2004 I lose some of the bullet formatting once I reopen it.

Colors of the bullets remain the same but the spacing between bullet and text is gone and the text does not justify to the normal indent as a bullet point wraps to the second line.

Any way to fix this. I am working with a group that doesnt have 2008 (PC version 2007) and when I post my work the formatting is wrong.

Thanks

 

[CyberTaz]

Why are you saving it in the 97-2004 format in the first place? That's
probably what's causing the problem.

Office 2008 & Office 2007 use the same native OXML (.pptx) format so those
users *should*& have better luck with that than converting to the older
format. If users of 2007 can't open the .pptx files there is some other
problem that saving in the old format won't overcome.

Even for those using 2003 or prior on the PC or 2004 or prior on a Mac there
are converters available which enable them to open the .pptx files. There
are still some compatibility issues to take into consideration but that is a
better alternative than saving as .ppt .

 

[Nate Hamilton]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

When I create a powerpoint in 2008 and use the slide master to format my
bullets and then save it as powerpoint 2004 I lose some of the bullet
formatting once I reopen it.

Colors of the bullets remain the same but the spacing between bullet and text
is gone and the text does not justify to the normal indent as a bullet point
wraps to the second line.

Any way to fix this. I am working with a group that doesnt have 2008 (PC
version 2007) and when I post my work the formatting is wrong.

Thanks

Are you running the latest version of 2008 (12.1.5)?

--
Nate Hamilton
Microsoft Mac PowerPoint Test Team
v-nahamiATmicrosoftDOTcom

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