Mac to PC

[Harvey Waxman]

PowerPoint animations created in OSX work very poorly when viewed on PC.

No solution?

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Harvey,

What version of PowerPoint on the PC? Sounds like the PC doesn't meet
the minimum system requirements for Office. What Mhz processor does the
PC have?

-Jim

 

[Harvey Waxman]

What version of PowerPoint on the PC? Sounds like the PC doesn't meet
the minimum system requirements for Office. What Mhz processor does the
PC have?

Two units actually. One is pretty old, Windows 98 I think but the other box
is XP and I believe fairly fast. What are the minimums or recommended speeds?

 

[Harvey Waxman]

Two units actually. One is pretty old, Windows 98 I think but the other box
is XP and I believe fairly fast. What are the minimums or recommended speeds?

The XP unit has a Pentium 3, 750mHz processor.
Seems strange that there is no way to have these animations work on a windows
machine :-(

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Harvey,

The newest animations work in Windows PowerPoint 2003 and Mac PowerPoint
2004. Earlier versions on either platform won't run the new animations.

The system requirements for PPT 2003 are here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx

The 98 system won't cut the mustard, but the XP box should do the trick.

-Jim

 

[Harvey Waxman]

The system requirements for PPT 2003 are here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/prodinfo/sysreq.mspx

The target PC system exceeds this. Is it just that OSX won't save a file that
will run properly?

I tried a demo version of PPMac2004 and it wouldn't run the animations as well
as OSX. As far as I can see it is just a bad transition from OSX to PP2004.

Very, very disappointing.

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

The target PC system exceeds this. Is it just that OSX won't save a file that
will run properly?

I tried a demo version of PPMac2004 and it wouldn't run the animations as well
as OSX. As far as I can see it is just a bad transition from OSX to PP2004.

OSX? What's the OS got to do with it? Do you mean PPT X?


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PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.

 

[Harvey Waxman]

OSX? What's the OS got to do with it? Do you mean PPT X?

I do. Sorry.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

PowerPoint v.X (Macintosh) and PowerPoint 2000 (Windows) and earlier
share the same animations.

PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2002 (XP) and PowerPoint 2003 and the new
PowerPoint 2003 player for Windows can display the new animations.

-Jim

 

[Harvey Waxman]

Hi,

PowerPoint v.X (Macintosh) and PowerPoint 2000 (Windows) and earlier
share the same animations.

PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2002 (XP) and PowerPoint 2003 and the new
PowerPoint 2003 player for Windows can display the new animations.

-Jim

Thanks Jim. When I save the presentation on the Mac and email it friends with
PC's (Windows 98 and Windows XP) the animations are in the main, don't work
without editing. .

 

[Harvey Waxman]

Thanks Jim. When I save the presentation on the Mac and email it friends
with
PC's (Windows 98 and Windows XP) the animations are in the main, don't work
without editing. .

The plot thickens. PC user has PowerPoint 2000 on his XP. He downloaded
latest PowerPoint viewer and it seems to be better. I'm going to check for
myself later on.

Thanks for your responses

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Harvey,

The version of Windows is not important. The version of PowerPoint is what
determines whether or not the animations will play.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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