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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / July 2007Creating custom template for someone elses use
Help. I am trying, as a favor..... to create a template or someone using custom colors. When they open it on their computer (PC with PowerPoint 2007), the custom colors are gone as are the fonts I suggested. I don' think I am doing it right (duh!) Any suggestions? I have Office 2004. On Jul 13, 3:09 pm, car...@curleydesign.com wrote: > Help. I am trying, as a favor..... to create a template or someone > using custom colors. When they open it on their computer (PC with > PowerPoint 2007), the custom colors are gone as are the fonts I > suggested. I don' think I am doing it right (duh!) > > Any suggestions? I have Office 2004. Sorry, Meant to say I am on a Mac. I am sure there is a simple solution, I just can't figure it out. I have been working on this forever!! Hi, Fonts are specific to a given computer. If you have Supercal font on your computer and use it in a presentation, then your application (no matter what it is) will look the way you expect. If you send the file to a different computer that does not have Supercal, then that computer has to substitute some other font. If you stick with the fonts that come with Office 2004 then your friends with other computers are likely (not guaranteed - you have no control over their computers) to see the correct fonts. If you use File > Save As > PowerPoint Movie you can turn your presentation into a Movie file that will preserve the fonts. Also, if you use File > Print and save as a PDF then you will preserve the fonts. Each of these options sacrifices some things (timings and animation effects most notably). One of the reasons you bought a Mac was to have a rich, beautiful look to everything you create. Windows users may not be able to experience the same look. They don't see the rich colors. The don't see any soft shadows. You can run the compatibility checker (click the red toolbox button on the toolbar) and have it "fix" your presentation so it is as ugly as it would be on Windows. That way you get the Windows experience on your Mac for free. -Jim Quoting from "carrie@curleydesign.com" <carrie@curleydesign.com>, in article 1184353755.477369.33520@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com, on [DATE: > Help. I am trying, as a favor..... to create a template or someone > using custom colors. When they open it on their computer (PC with > PowerPoint 2007), the custom colors are gone as are the fonts I > suggested. I don' think I am doing it right (duh!) > > Any suggestions? I have Office 2004.  SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVPs are not Microsoft Employees MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ > If you stick with the fonts that come with Office 2004 then your friends > with other computers are likely (not guaranteed - you have no control over > their computers) to see the correct fonts. And the problem is working out what fonts came with Office vs some other app or MacOS itself. Go here, click the Fonts and Products link for lists of what apps include what fonts and what fonts came with which apps: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/AboutFontsOverview.mspx It's a bit out of date but generally the fonts shipped with older versions of Office tend to keep shipping with later versions, so if it's on the list there, you're off to a good start. > can run the compatibility checker (click the red toolbox button on the > toolbar) and have it "fix" your presentation so it is as ugly as it would be > on Windows. That way you get the Windows experience on your Mac for free. <G> BTW, the soft shadows may now work on 2007, since it can now create them. If you can find the feature on the Ribbon. <g> ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > Help. I am trying, as a favor..... to create a template or someone > using custom colors. When they open it on their computer (PC with > PowerPoint 2007), the custom colors are gone as are the fonts I > suggested. I don' think I am doing it right (duh!) See my reply to Jim's answer also, but ... How are you going about creating custom colors? What exactly are you seeing there that PPT 2007 users don't see? Bear in mind that the entire user interface has been changed in 2007, so if you're giving them instructions to choose your custom colors based on how you'd do it in Mac PPT 2004/PPT versions pre-2007, none of it will make much sense to them. PPT 2007 is like a totally different program from a different company. Never has "Everything you know is wrong" been more right. ;-) ================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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