Q135744: PPT7: Contents of PPReadme.txt File

Article: Q135744
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbreadme kbdta
Last Modified: 15-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SUMMARY
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The following text is taken from the PowerPoint for Windows 95 version
7.0 Readme file (Ppreadme.txt).

  Installable filters are provided with PowerPoint for Windows 95
  version 7.0 which you can add to a PowerPoint 4.0 installation that
  allows PowerPoint 4.0 to read presentations created with PowerPoint
  7.0. New graphic effects and features of PowerPoint 7.0 are not
  available when the presentation is opened in PowerPoint 4.0, but
  reappear normally when subsequently opened in PowerPoint 7.0,
  provided the presentation is not saved from PowerPoint 4.0.

  For the Windows version of PowerPoint, the Vsetup program is provided
  which performs the necessary installation procedure to add the filter
  to PowerPoint 4.0. Simply copying the filters to users' machines will
  not work. The Vsetup must be used to install them. For the Macintosh
  version of PowerPoint, you can simply copy the filter to the
  PowerPoint folder.

A PowerPoint 7.0 translator is available that allows PowerPoint
4.0 for the Macintosh to read PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95 files. The
Macintosh 7.0 translator includes the 68k and Power Macintosh versions.
You can obtain the Macintosh version of the translator from online
services.

One method to read PowerPoint 95 presentations on your Macintosh, is to
first save the presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format.

MORE INFORMATION
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The actual file that enables backwards compatibility with PowerPoint 4.0
is Pp7trans.dll. However, as stated above, merely copying a file or set of
files to the PowerPoint 4.0 machine will not enable backward compatibility.
Vsetup must be run.

For additional information about obtaining the PowerPoint 7.0 translator
for Macintosh PowerPoint 4.0, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q133803
  TITLE     : PPT4: Converter for Importing 7.0 Files into Mac PowerPoint 4.0

  ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
  TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
              Services

  ARTICLE-ID: Q151983
  TITLE     : PPT4: PowerPoint 7.0 Translator for Mac PowerPoint 4 Available 

Additional query words: 7.00 7.0 downrev powermac ppc pmac

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbreadme kbdta 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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