Features affected by working with a PowerPoint presentation in an earlier version

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

PowerPoint 2003 feature In PowerPoint 2002 Password protection Presentations with passwords do not open. Multiple masters Editing and saving may result in loss of multiple masters.
Note: Fully compatible in PowerPoint 2000 SR1. Animation effects Animations either converted to PowerPoint 2002 effect or object appears on page without animation. Picture rotation Windows metafiles do not appear rotated.
Bitmaps change to nearest 90-degree rotation. Transparency on a solid fill Appears less smooth. Transparency on a fill effect Fill appears opaque. Transparency on a line Line appears opaque. Contrast and brightness adjustments on picture fills The picture will appear without adjustments. Fill rotates with shape Fills do not appear rotated. Anti-aliasing Not supported; text and graphics appear less smooth. Comments Not visible. Diagrams Converted to a group of shapes.

Show Features affected when you open in PowerPoint 2000 or save to the PowerPoint 97-2003 & 95 Presentation format.

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 2000
Password protection	Presentations with passwords do not open.
Multiple masters	Editing and saving may result in loss of multiple masters. Note: Fully compatible in PowerPoint 2000 SR1.
Animation effects	Animations either converted to PowerPoint 2000 effect or object appears on page without animation.
Picture rotation	Windows metafiles do not appear rotated. Bitmaps change to nearest 90-degree rotation.
Transparency on a solid fill	Appears less smooth.
Transparency on a fill effect	Fill appears opaque.
Transparency on a line	Line appears opaque.
Contrast and brightness adjustments on picture fills	The picture will appear without adjustments.
Fill rotates with shape	Fills do not appear rotated.
Anti-aliasing	Not supported; text and graphics appear less smooth.
Comments	Not visible.
Diagrams	Converted to a group of shapes.

Show Features affected when you open in PowerPoint 97 or save to the PowerPoint 97-2003 & 95 Presentation format.

Presentation Features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 97
Password protection	Presentations with passwords do not open.
Multiple masters	Editing and saving may result in loss of multiple masters.
Animation effects	Animations either converted to PowerPoint 97 effect or object appears on page without animation.
Diagrams	Converted to a group of shapes.
Native tables	Converted to a group of shapes.
Voice narration	Sound not recognized as narration and not synchronized to audio. Instead, Media Player plays sound as WAV file.

Graphic Features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 97
Picture rotation	Windows metafiles do not appear rotated. Bitmaps change to nearest 90-degree rotation.
Transparency on a solid fill	Appears less smooth.
Transparency on a fill effect	Fill appears opaque.
Transparency on a line	Line appears opaque.
Change contrast and brightness on picture fills	Not supported.
Fill rotates with shape	Fills do not appear rotated.
Anti-aliasing	Not supported; text and graphics appear less smooth.
Automatically numbered lists	Appear as bulleted lists.
Picture bullets	Appear as regular bullets.
Animated GIF support	First frame appears as a static image.

Workgroup and Internet Features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 97
Comments	Not visible.

Language-specific features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 97
Date format corrections	Change to system date format.
Multilingual Kinsoku	Changes to monolingual Kinsoku.

Show Features affected when you save to the PowerPoint 95 format.

Presentation features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 95 format
Password protection	Presentations with passwords do not open.
Multiple masters	Editing and saving may result in loss of multiple masters.
Animated chart elements	Appear as static chart objects that can be edited in Microsoft Graph.
Custom shows	Slides appear in presentation, but Custom Show feature doesn't work.
Animation effects	Animations either converted to PowerPoint 95 effect or object appears on page without animation.
Native format movies and sounds	Converted to Media Player objects.
Diagrams	Converted to metafiles.
Native tables	Converted to a group of shapes.
Play options for CD tracking and movie looping	Ignored.
Voice narration	Sound not recognized as narration and not synchronized to audio. Instead, Media Player plays sound as WAV file.
Document collaboration	Tracking and merging changes not supported.

Graphic features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 95 format
Picture rotation	Windows metafiles do not appear rotated. Bitmaps change to nearest 90-degree rotation.
Change contrast and brightness on pictures	Not supported.
Fill rotates with shape	Fills do not appear rotated.
Anti-aliasing	Not supported; text and graphics appear less smooth.
3-D effects	Converted to pictures.
Animated GIF support	First frame appears as static image.
Automatically numbered lists	Appear as bulleted lists.
AutoShapes	Converted to freeform shape; if no matching shape exists, converted to picture.
Connectors	Converted to freeform lines; automatic connecting behavior is lost.
Curves	Approximated with connected straight line segments.
Picture bullets	Appear as regular bullets.
Transparency on a solid fill	Appears less smooth.
Transparency on a gradient fill	Appears as a transparent fill without gradient.
Transparency on a line	Line appears opaque.
Joins and endcaps of lines	Appear as mitered joins on AutoShapes, and round joins and endcaps on freeform shapes.
Linked or embedded objects	Brightness, contrast, and color transformation settings are lost.
WordArt drawing objects	Converted to picture objects.
Picture fills	Converted to picture objects.
Picture fills on shapes	Converted to picture objects with solid fill in which last foreground color is applied to object.
Shadows, engraved	Appear as embossed shadow effects.
Shadows, perspective	Converted to shapes or pictures and grouped with shape casting the shadow.
Shapes or arcs with attached text	Converted to freeform shapes, arcs, or text boxes.
Thick compound lines	Converted to picture objects.

Workgroup and Internet features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 95 format
Comments	Not visible.
Hyperlinks that combine Play Sound with other action settings	Play Sound settings are lost.
Hyperlinks embedded within an object	Hyperlinks are lost.
Action settings embedded within an object	Action settings are lost.
Send a copy of a slide in e-mail as the body of the message	Message header information (such as the recipient list and any message options) is lost.

Chart, macro, and character features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 95 format
Embedded fonts	Not supported.
Charts	Microsoft Graph charts can be edited in earlier versions of Microsoft Graph if the Convert charts when saving as previous version check box is selected on the Save tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu). Microsoft Excel charts can't be edited.
Macros	Not supported.
Unicode characters (2 bytes per character)	Not supported.

Language-specific features

PowerPoint 2003 feature	In PowerPoint 95 format
Date format corrections	Change to system date format.
Multilingual Kinsoku	Changes to monolingual Kinsoku.

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