Opening Powerpoint 2000 ppt file in Powerpoint 2002

[Mark]

I am having a weird issue here. I have a powerpoint file created in
powerpoint 2000. There are no strange fonts or anything in this file. When
I move the file to a computer running powerpoint 2002, it does not open the
file properly, all the text has been moved slightly, or parts are cut off,
spaces between paragraphs have increased. What is strange is when I do a
file open, there is a small preview window, in this window, it is displaying
properly, but once I hit Open, all the formatting changes. Is there any way
to convert this file from the 2000 version to 2002 without losing the
formatting? Is there other steps I should be following to open this file in
powerpoint 2002?

One other note, I opened this file in the powerpoint viewer 2003 version,
and it also messes up the formatting.

Any help would be appreciated as I have created about 40 presentations over
the last 2 months and wasn't expecting there would be this kind of problem.

 

[Mark]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for replying. The font is installed on both computers. It still
does not load the ppt file from powerpoint 2000 properly in either powerpoint
xp or the free powerpoint viewer 2003. What I have done for now is I saved
the file as a powerpoint 95 file, and it opens properly in powerpoint 2000,
2002 (XP) and in the 2003 viewer.

Now here is another weird thing. If I open this powerpoint 95 file in
powerpoint xp, and save it as a 2002 file version, it messes up the
formatting again just like before. I have no idea why. I am not sure if it
is because of how the file was made, the portions that are messed up were
originally copied from Word 2000. But it is odd that once the 95 file is
loaded and displayed correctly in powerpoint xp, that it can't save it
properly either.

Thanks for the info about the preview image being saved with the file.

Mark