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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 2004Presentation created in PP 2004 for Mac not translating to PC
I have a client who needs a presentation template. They asked me to set up an actual presentation and then they want to be able to go in and and edit as needed. I designed the presentation with PP 2004 on a Mac and they are working on a PC. I'm not sure what version PP they are using. We are having the following difficulties: 1) Some characters do not show up on their end, such as quotation marks and apostrophes. 2) The background that I created for them with their corporate colors and logos looks clean on my screen but is rough on their end. 3) Drop shadows make the type look blurred and are too opaque. I have used basic fonts that most everyone has, so I don't think it's a font issue. Is there a way to create a presentation that can be viewed correctly and edited whether the client is on a Mac or a PC and might be using older versions of PP? Any help would be really appreciated!! > I have a client who needs a presentation template. They asked me to set up an > actual presentation and then they want to be able to go in and and edit as [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any help would be really appreciated!! Also, my client is getting the message, "Presentation might contain Far East Text and formats that PowerPoint can't display" when she opens the document. Anyone know what this is about? Dear User, This is the Powerpoint Windows Newsgroup. Post it in the newsgroup for PPT Mac. news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint Suvodip Moitra > I have a client who needs a presentation template. They asked me to set up an > actual presentation and then they want to be able to go in and and edit as [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any help would be really appreciated!! Did you see the reply from Kathy to your other post about drop shadows and using the compatibility checker on the Mac? That's where you should start. Then see: PC to Mac and Back http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00281.htm  SignatureSonia Coleman Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials > I have a client who needs a presentation template. They asked me to set up an > actual presentation and then they want to be able to go in and and edit as [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any help would be really appreciated!! > I have a client who needs a presentation template. They asked me to set up an > actual presentation and then they want to be able to go in and and edit as > needed. I designed the presentation with PP 2004 on a Mac and they are > working on a PC. I'm not sure what version PP they are using. We are having > the following difficulties: 1) Some characters do not show up on their end, > such as quotation marks and apostrophes. Mac and PC "encode" true quote marks and apostrophes differently. In the past, PPT used to do a fairly good job of coping with the differences, at least with text in text boxes and such, but if the text is in graphics, it wouldn't make that correction, I don't think. Let us know what type of text this happens to. All (ie, PPT's placeholders and so on) or just some. 2) The background that I created for > them with their corporate colors and logos looks clean on my screen but is > rough on their end. What format was it created in? How was it inserted? >3) Drop shadows make the type look blurred and are too > opaque. Windows PPT and earlier Mac versions don't support soft drop shadows. I'd guess that's the problem. The solution would be not to use them or (if in a logo or other fixed graphic) create the shadows as part of the graphic in Photoshop or the like. > I have used basic fonts that most everyone has, so I don't think it's a font > issue. What specific fonts? There aren't really that many fonts that you can count on everyone having. > Is there a way to create a presentation that can be viewed correctly and > edited whether the client is on a Mac or a PC and might be using older > versions of PP? > > Any help would be really appreciated!! Signature-- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004 October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com ================================================ |
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