Powerpoint 2008 vs 2004

[mprisant]

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

I have installed and uninstalled Office twice, hoping that the multiple changes (discussed throughout forum) in Powerpoint presentations in moving from the old to new version would be corrected. When you have many lectures, it takes time to make these changes. Is there any simple (non-manual fix) for these problems?

 

[mprisant]

Judging from the Powerpoint Mac discussions ... there are no solutions and just problems...

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Judging from the Powerpoint Mac discussions ... there are no solutions and just problems...

Serious question though ... why not stick with what works?

Does 2008 offer any Must-Have features?

I've stuck with 2004 and despite several lightning storms in the area, haven't been struck
down yet. <g>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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[kelle]

Does anyone knows if powerpoint 2008 has the image cutout option

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Does anyone knows if powerpoint 2008 has the image cutout option

Hi,

PowerPoint 2008 does NOT have this option.

-Jim

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[CyberTaz]

I'm not sure what you mean by "image cutout option", but you may be able to
get the effect suggested by the term.

You can create an AutoShape of your choice, then use Format Shape> Fill>
Picture to impose a picture within the shape.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

I'm not sure what you mean by "image cutout option", but you may be able to
get the effect suggested by the term.

You can create an AutoShape of your choice, then use Format Shape> Fill>
Picture to impose a picture within the shape.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Hi Taz,

The question involves the selection and cut-out tools that are at the
bottom of the Picture toolbar. These tools were removed from Office
2008, along with VBA, TWAIN support, slide preview, etc.

-Jim

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[CyberTaz]

Hi Taz,

The question involves the selection and cut-out tools that are at the
bottom of the Picture toolbar. These tools were removed from Office
2008, along with VBA, TWAIN support, slide preview, etc.

-Jim

Yeah, I figured the Bitmap Editor was at issue here, but just thought I'd
throw that out there ;-) Lots of folks don't realize it can be done with
such an array of shapes. If you choose wisely you can get some interesting
effects which sometimes - well, you can get lucky. The Crop tool serves a
similar purpose, it just doesn't remove any of the image.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello Again -

Should have mentioned: If you don't already have one, get yourself a decent
graphics editor (such as GraphicConverter) and use that to prepare your
images before putting them into another file... PPt or otherwise

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Yeah, I figured the Bitmap Editor was at issue here, but just thought I'd
throw that out there ;-) Lots of folks don't realize it can be done with
such an array of shapes. If you choose wisely you can get some interesting
effects which sometimes - well, you can get lucky. The Crop tool serves a
similar purpose, it just doesn't remove any of the image.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

The crop tool is not one of the tools in question. The crop tool still
exists and does something entirely different from the tools removed from
Office 2008.

These tools were killed by Office 2008:
Cutout
Rectangular Marquee
Oval Marquee
Lasso
Polygonal Lasso
Magic Lasso

There are part of core office, which is what took the biggest hit in
Office 2008.

The elimination of these tools does force people to use a 3rd party
graphics editing program. For the most part, that's just overkill and a
huge waste of time. Why use GraphicConverter, Photoshop, or some other
application when we ALREADY HAD this capability in Office and lost it!

These were excellent features that were Mac only and were features that
helped to distinguish Mac office and make Mac Office better than Windows
office. Now they're gone so that Mac Office can have the Windows drawing
engine, which to me does not seem to offer anything more to Mac users
than the old engine did no matter how nice Microsoft says the new one is.

All this is spilled milk. There's new management now and it seems like
the MacBU ship is now pointing forward instead of toward a sink hole.

Office 2004 still works fine and that's what I use. 2008 is very nice
for some folks, but it's not for me or for people used to having these
handy tools.

-Jim

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