Mac vs. Windows PowerPoint

[HAL KUSHNER]

I have Office 2004 for Mac/Power Point version 11.2...running on an IMAC
G-5. I have Office 200 for Windows with PowerPoint on several Windows XP
machines. I have several computers in my home, Windows and Macs, networked
both wired and wireless. I have a networked disc drive for backing up files
among the separate computers.
Recently I created a presentation on the Imac Power Point and saved it to my
network drive which sees all the computers, both Windows and Mac. For the
first time (I¹ve done this before), my Power Point file created on my Imac
will not open on my Windows XP machines, when I try to open it from my
Network disc drive (it¹s a Simple Share 180 Gig, simply plugged into the
router through a remote ethernet port).It will open on the Mac machines
(three of them). I haven¹t tried copying the file to a CD and trying to play
it on the Windows computer, as I don¹t think it will play. Oddly, all the
photos and text I used to create the PowerPoint file open on all the
computers, and all my old Power Point files open on all the computers. Any
explanations or suggestions?

Thanks/

Hal Kushner MD FACS

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have Office 2004 for Mac/Power Point version 11.2...running on an IMAC
G-5. I have Office 200 for Windows with PowerPoint on several Windows XP
machines. I have several computers in my home, Windows and Macs, networked
both wired and wireless. I have a networked disc drive for backing up files
among the separate computers.
Recently I created a presentation on the Imac Power Point and saved it to my
network drive which sees all the computers, both Windows and Mac. For the
first time (Ive done this before), my Power Point file created on my Imac
will not open on my Windows XP machines, when I try to open it from my
Network disc drive (its a Simple Share 180 Gig, simply plugged into the
router through a remote ethernet port).It will open on the Mac machines
(three of them). I havent tried copying the file to a CD and trying to play
it on the Windows computer, as I dont think it will play. Oddly, all the
photos and text I used to create the PowerPoint file open on all the
computers, and all my old Power Point files open on all the computers. Any
explanations or suggestions?

PowerPoint can get cranky about opening files across networks, particularly
non-MS ones.

Try copying the file from the networked drive to the local drive on your
Windows box and opening it from there.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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