From: Rajesh Bhat Rajesh on
I have some screenshots embedded as BMPs in the PPT 2007. However when I
covert this into PPT 2003 the screenshots do not appear when the document is
opened in Powerpoint 2003.

I faced the same problem when I copied some screens as background from an
existing Captivate file.

Can you help?

"tohlz" wrote:

> Yes you can. The default saving in 2007 is .pptx.
> You can choose to save a presentation created in 2007 as .ppt, which can be
> opened and viewed in PowerPoint 97 - 2003. (Take note though, that graphics
> such as SmartArt will become image when converted to .ppt format, hence, they
> cannot be edited if you open the file in PowerPoint 2003 or lower.)
>
> Alternately, the receiver can choose to download the free PowerPoint Viewer
> 2007:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en
> --
> Shawn Toh (tohlz)
> Microsoft MVP PowerPoint
>
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>
> "TomT" wrote:
>
> > I am looking at upgrading. All of my clients have 2003. When I do a
> > project, they need to see it. Can I save projects in 2007 that can be read
> > in 2003?