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by brett

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Powerpoint presentations on older comps
Does anyone know how to display a presentation created in Powerpoint XP on an older computer running say, Windows 98? I have already tried using the viewer but it couldn't play my animations, and I have alsodownloaded the Microsoft runtime files and played the page as a website but it still wont play correctly! Has microsoft released a new viewer?

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by darts32

Here are some suggestions for you.

First upgrade the browser on the Win 98 machines to the latest currenly 6 SP1 to run inside a web browser. Also update your office to XP to SP2 and Office 2000 to SP3.

a couple of links found related to yourissue. remove spaces from the links.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285571

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278583

Try the office converter pack for XP. http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/ConvPack.aspx

Hope one of these work for you.

by bristar

You might also try saving the PowerPoint presentation in a lower version. You can save it as a PP95 or PP97-2000 version. If it's pretty advanced, you will likely lose some functionality, but you'll have to experiment for yourself to see if it will work for you.

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