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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / January 2006Cross-platform issue between Mac & PC
When creating a PowerPoint presentation on a Mac and than viewing on a PC, some of the custom animations do not cross-platform; and, vice versa. Is there a fix to this problem? We are trying to create a standard presentation that anyone can view and/or update. Even saving as a PPS does not seem to work. Mostly, the "Exit" customizations are lost. Help! > When creating a PowerPoint presentation on a Mac and than viewing on a > PC, some of the custom animations do not cross-platform; and, vice > versa. Is there a fix to this problem? We are trying to create a > standard presentation that anyone can view and/or update. Even saving > as a PPS does not seem to work. Saving as a PPS would have no effect whatever. A PPS is simply a PPT with a different name (the .PPS instead of .PPT). The contents are identical. Are you viewing the presentation on PowerPoint 2002 (XP) or higher on the PC? I'd expect incompatibilities when viewing animations in earlier versions. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003. Do you believe that this could be the issue. Our PC's will need an upgrade? > On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional > Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003. > Do you believe that this could be the issue. Our PC's will need an > upgrade? When you reply to a post, you need to leave the previous post on it so that people know what you are referencing. :-)  SignatureTo reply by email, remove the word "space" > On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional > Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003. > Do you believe that this could be the issue. Our PC's will need an > upgrade? There's no "up" to grade to ;-) Office 2003 is the current release on the PC side. It handles exit animations, but humor me here for a minute: Can Office Mac X *create* exit animations? ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Yes, PowerPoint 2004 can create exit animations. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> >>On our MacIntosh Systems we have the Office:mac v. X Professional >>Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Our PC's are running Office 2003. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > Yes, PowerPoint 2004 can create exit animations. Thanks, Jim. But I understood from the OP that it's Office X that's in use. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Good point, Steve. Let me clarify what my sleepy brain was trying say. Both Office X and Office 2004 support exit animations. The exit animations supported in version X are the same as in PowerPoint 2001 (Mac) and 2000 (Windows). Additional exit animations have been added to PowerPoint 2004. I'm not sure whether the same effects exposed in the User Interface are the same for PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2004. The add-in I made to import pictures into PowerPoint has 168 different animation effects. I tried to make sure every existing built-in effect was included. In my add-in the older animation effects are grouped seperately from the new ones. Some of the new animation effects use motion paths. Users of Office 2003 should be able to play all of the entry, emphasis and exit animations that are used in any version of PowerPoint on the Mac. PowerPoint 2004 comes with a compatability checker that will tell you exactly which effects work with which versions of Powerpoint for both Mac and Windows and the compatability checker can automatically remove incompatible effects. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> >>Yes, PowerPoint 2004 can create exit animations. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ Hi Sleepy, > Both Office X and Office 2004 support exit animations. The exit > animations supported in version X are the same as in PowerPoint 2001 > (Mac) and 2000 (Windows). Make that 2002 (Windows) and I'll get out the credit card. ;-) 2000 doesn't do exit animations. or how about: "The animations supported in version X are the same as in PowerPoint 2001 (Mac) and 2000 (Windows). These do not include Exit animations." Would that be clearer? (And from the Mac side, accurate?) Your buddy, Dopey And re the picture importer: Impressive! ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Office:mac v. X Professional Edition (with virtual PC for Mac). Can Office Mac X *create* exit animations? ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com Yes, Office Mac X can create exit animations. The differences I see between the PC version and the Mac version is in the verbiage. The Mac has a custom animation window where you can select the object and specify an entry & exit effect or sound and create the order and timing of those animations. The problem may be caused by the programer utilizing a different script for the description of the animation. There are some animations that are available in the Mac version and not the PC and vice versa. Or, at least they are called something different. Just a thought. I > Yes, Office Mac X can create exit animations. The differences I see > between the PC version and the Mac version is in the verbiage. The Mac [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the PC and vice versa. Or, at least they are called something > different. Just a thought. Thanks ... I wasn't near the Mac earlier but now I see the Exit animations. Under the hood, PPT just stores numbers for this sort of thing, but if the numbers are mapped to different animations on PC vs Mac, it might cause this kind of problem. ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hi, If create cross-platform presentations it might be worth your while to update to PowerPoint 2004. It has a compatibility checker that can alert you to incompatibilities and fix them automatically. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> > When creating a PowerPoint presentation on a Mac and than viewing on a > PC, some of the custom animations do not cross-platform; and, vice > versa. Is there a fix to this problem? We are trying to create a > standard presentation that anyone can view and/or update. Even saving > as a PPS does not seem to work. Mostly, the "Exit" customizations are > lost. Help! Thank you. That sounds like the direction we should proceed. |
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