Table A-1: PowerPoint 2003 Versions Features Not Supported in Previous PowerPoint
Feature
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Issues
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PowerPoint 2000 and Below:
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Password protection
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Presentations with passwords do not open. The user receives an error message: "PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by <filename>.ppt"
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Multiple masters
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Editing and resaving may result in loss of all but the first master of a certain type (for example, only one Slide Master, one Title Master, and so on)
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Animation effects
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Any unsupported effects are either converted to a supported effect or not used
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Picture rotation
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Windows metafiles do not appear rotated. Bitmaps change to the nearest 90-degree rotation
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Transparency on a solid fill
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May appear less smooth
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Transparency on a fill effect or line
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Cannot add transparency to a fill effect or line using the Transparency tool
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Contrast and brightness adjustments on picture fills
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Adjustments do not appear on some images
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Fill rotates with shape
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Fills do not appear rotated
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Anti-aliasing
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Not supported; text and graphics appear less smooth
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Comments
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Not visible or editable
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Diagrams
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Converted to groups of shapes
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PowerPoint 97 and Below:
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Native tables
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Converted to a group of shapes
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Voice narration
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Sound played with Windows Media Player as a WAV file. Not recognized as narration, and not synchronized to audio
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Automatic numbered list
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Appears as bulleted list
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Picture bullets
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Appear as regular bullets
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Animated GIFs
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First frame appears as a static image
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PowerPoint 95:
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Animated chart elements
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Appear as static chart objects that can be edited in Microsoft Graph
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Custom shows
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Slides appear in presentation, but Custom Show feature doesn't function
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Native format movies and sounds
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Converted to Windows Media Player objects
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Diagrams
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Converted to Windows Metafiles (WMF)
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Play options for CD tracking and movie looping
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Ignored
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Document collaboration
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Tracking and merging changes not supported
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3-D effects
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Converted to pictures
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AutoShapes
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Converted to freeform shape or picture
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Connectors
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Converted to freeform lines; automatic connecting behavior lost
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Curves
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Approximated with connected straight line segments
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Transparency on a gradient fill
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Appears as a transparent fill without a gradient
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Joins and endcaps of lines
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Appear as mitered joins on AutoShapes and round joins and endcaps on freeform shapes
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Linked or embedded objects
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Brightness, contrast, and color transformation settings are lost
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WordArt drawing objects
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Converted to picture objects
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Picture fills
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Converted to picture objects
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Picture fills on shapes
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Converted to picture objects with solid fill in which last foreground color is applied to object
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Shadows, engraved
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Appears as embossed shadow effect
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Shadows, perspective
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Converted to shapes or pictures and grouped with shape casting the shadow
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Shapes or arcs with attached text
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Converted to freeform shapes, arcs, or text boxes
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Thick compound lines
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Converted to picture objects
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Hyperlinks that combine Play Sound with other Action settings
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Play Sound settings are lost
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Hyperlinks embedded within an object
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Hyperlinks are lost
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Action settings embedded in an object
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Action settings are lost
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Send a copy of a slide in e-mail as the body of the message
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Message header information (recipient list, message options) is lost
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Embedded fonts
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Not supported
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Embedded Excel charts
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Not supported
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Microsoft Graph charts
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Editable only if the Convert Charts When Saving As Previous Version checkbox was selected when saving
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Macros
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Not supported
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Unicode characters
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Not supported
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