PPT4: Converting Mac PowerPoint 3.0 Files to Win PowerPoint 4.0
  
PSS ID Number: Q117181
Article last modified on 05-16-1998
 
windows:4.0; macintosh:3.0
 
MACINTOSH WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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Because the ability to open PowerPoint 3.0 for the Macintosh files directly
in PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows was not available until version 4.0c of
PowerPoint for Windows, the PowerPoint Readme Help files contain different
information for this topic, depending on which version of PowerPoint you
are using. The following lists the Readme Help file information for the
various 4.0 releases.
 
README HELP 4.0 and 4.0A
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Converting from Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh Version 3.0
to Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0
 
   Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0 does not read Microsoft
   PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh version 3.0 presentations directly.
   You must open your Macintosh version 3.0 presentation in Microsoft
   PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh version 4.0 first, and then you can
   open the presentation directly in Windows PowerPoint version 4.0.
 
   Or, if the Apple Macintosh version 4.0 is not available, you must open
   your Macintosh version 3.0 presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint for
   Windows 3.0 first, and then open the Windows PowerPoint 3.0
   presentation directly in Windows PowerPoint version 4.0.
 
README HELP 4.0C
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Converting from Microsoft PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh Version 3.0
to Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0
 
   Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0 directly reads Microsoft
   PowerPoint for the Apple Macintosh version 3.0 presentations.
   For more information on how fonts are mapped, see Substituting
   Fonts When Converting Presentations from Apple Macintosh to Microsoft
   Windows.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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For more information about methods of transferring files between the MS-DOS
and Macintosh platforms, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q95228
   TITLE     : Transferring Files Between Macintosh and MS-DOS
 
For more information about how fonts are mapped when converting
presentations
from the Macintosh to Windows, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q116430
   TITLE     : PPT: Font Substitutions - Macintosh to Windows
               Windows
 
Additional query words: read me pp4readme readme.txt 4.00 3.00
macppt winppt readme4.00
 
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Keywords          : kbreadme kbdta
Version           : windows:4.0; macintosh:3.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbinfo
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