powerpoint, I cannot open powerpoint 95 in powerpoint 2007

I cannot open presentations created in powerpoint 95 in powerpoint 2007.

Correct. PPT 2007 does not open or save ppt 95 files. You'll have to
open them with PPT 97-2003 and save it in the 97-2003 file format.

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bad news for me- I installed 2007 as a complete new install and wiped out my
old version of office 2000.

You might have someone who still has an earlier version of PowerPoint on
their system to update it for you. Being a 95 presentation, probably to
large to email.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

I know - it is just a pain to have to do this. I teach and I do not always
use the same slide shows every semester. I appreciate the immediate
responses!

How large is the ppt file? If it is not overly large, I'd be more than happy
to convert it from a 95 to 97-2007 your choice as long as none of the
material is sensitive.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint

hank You, Micheal, for Your offer. We have about 40.000 files in older
Office-formats whereof, about 25.000 in Office 95, about 15.000 in
Powerpoint-Presentations and WORD-Handbooks. Where may I send them to have
them converted? All of our former letters, a large part of our presentations-
and handbook-archiv is in-accessible for Office 2007. Im glad to have it
tested since I may now decide not to updgrade from 2003 to any newer
Office-version in my company. The same decides these days all of my collegues
in other companies. Some of them prefer open-source because of that, since
older office-files are accessible e.g. in open-office.
Microsoft may learn: we users MUST have access to older files without
restrictions. There are two main reasons to use computers: to work more
effectively and to be able to access former datas without restrictions. As
long as I can open PDFs from any year but not my Office-files after 5-10
years, even the XPS-Format will not be intruduced in companies, at least not
in europe ;-(((((
We all would be very greatfull if microsoft would release a
compatibility-pack for older files very urgently and would focus this problem
in this and any later office-version as a main feature for
business-customers.

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

his is a multi-part message in MIME format.


Originally, I was under the impression that it was only one file. Unfortunately since I no longer have Office 2003 on my system, I can no longer work with 95 files. But you can if what you say is true that you have Office 2003 on your system.

To open a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 95, the file must first be saved to the PowerPoint 95 format.

1.. In Office PowerPoint 2003, on the File menu, click Save As. In the Save as type box, click PowerPoint 95.
2.. Click Save

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


"dwarkin" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote in message news: XXXX@XXXXX.COM ...
Thank You, Micheal, for Your offer. We have about 40.000 files in older
Office-formats whereof, about 25.000 in Office 95, about 15.000 in
Powerpoint-Presentations and WORD-Handbooks. Where may I send them to have
them converted? All of our former letters, a large part of our presentations-
and handbook-archiv is in-accessible for Office 2007. Im glad to have it
tested since I may now decide not to updgrade from 2003 to any newer
Office-version in my company. The same decides these days all of my collegues
in other companies. Some of them prefer open-source because of that, since
older office-files are accessible e.g. in open-office.
Microsoft may learn: we users MUST have access to older files without
restrictions. There are two main reasons to use computers: to work more
effectively and to be able to access former datas without restrictions. As
long as I can open PDFs from any year but not my Office-files after 5-10
years, even the XPS-Format will not be intruduced in companies, at least not
in europe ;-(((((
We all would be very greatfull if microsoft would release a
compatibility-pack for older files very urgently and would focus this problem
in this and any later office-version as a main feature for
business-customers.

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

> How large is the ppt file? If it is not overly large, I'd be more than happy
> to convert it from a 95 to 97-2007 your choice as long as none of the
> material is sensitive.
>
> --
> Michael Koerner
> MS MVP - PowerPoint
>
>
> "dwk" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote in message
> news: XXXX@XXXXX.COM ...
> >I know - it is just a pain to have to do this. I teach and I do not always
> > use the same slide shows every semester. I appreciate the immediate
> > responses!
> >
> > "Michael Koerner" wrote:
> >
> >> You might have someone who still has an earlier version of PowerPoint on
> >> their system to update it for you. Being a 95 presentation, probably to
> >> large to email.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Koerner
> >> MS MVP - PowerPoint
> >>
> >>
> >> "dwk" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote in message
> >> news: XXXX@XXXXX.COM ...
> >> > bad news for me- I installed 2007 as a complete new install and wiped
> >> > out
> >> > my
> >> > old version of office 2000.
> >> >
> >> > "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Correct. PPT 2007 does not open o

have this problem as well (although maybe a hundred files instead of
thousands). The problem is BACKWARD compatibility, not the usual problem of
forward compatibility. My Office 2003, running under Vista, will NOT open
any PowerPoint files created before 2002. I have the same problem on my work
machine, which is running Office 2007 under Windows XP. The problem, so far,
seems to be limited to PowerPoint--I do not have the same problem with Word
files.

I have searched in vain for a solution. PLEASE give us a fix for this
problem--it's huge.

Karen O'Quin
Professor

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

Office 2003 with Service Pack 2? Can you try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636/en-us


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Mit vielen Gren
Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de

Pia, this does not help: using this merely takes away the
security-restrictions; weve tryed that. The problem is that Microsoft has
not implemented any converter for those elder file-types in 2007. But as

from MS. This mean, merely as long accessible as Microsoft is willing to
allow us to do so.
Im very curious how long it will take until EU-Commission or US-authorities
will watch this as using market-power against customers.

I wouldn't hold my breath. It's rare that programs read files from more than a
few versions back; I've never heard of the government stepping in and demanding
that they do so. If it's in the company's competitive and financial interests
to make it happen, they'll do so. Otherwise no.

Realistically, how many people do you imagine are still using files from
PowerPoint 95 and earlier (from 12 or more years ago)? I doubt very much that
it'd be worth MS' time and money to build the converter, particularly when
anyone with a copy of an earlier version of PPT can convert the files to
something that 2007 can read.

There's a macro here that'll automate it in fact:

Batch re-save presentations; update older presentations to newer PowerPoint
version
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00740.htm


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This question "realistically how many people do you imagine are using files
from Powerpoint 95 and earlier...?" displays a truly out-of-touch
understanding of the use of Powerpoint by academicians. Loss of backward
compatibility is a huge issue, for so many reasons that I cannot count.
Powerpoint is used in academia to create figures, etc. for lectures,
manuscripts, grants, etc. Backward compatibility, no matter how far back, is
essential to the utility of the program. Few people have probably discovered
yet that they cannot go back to files that they created 10 years ago to take
another look at the figure or to modify it. As they discover this, more and
more people will become disgusted. The effect on MS will only be felt if
another company produces a better product. But what happened to companies
that really care about the quality of their product, rather than simply, gee,
I don/t see how we can make any additional money if we make the product
better?

hank you for the great feedback Greg,

Unfortunately, there is no one here but use chickens. Everyone here in the
newsgroup is a user, like yourself. No one here works for Microsoft.

In my experience, it is often worthwhile to keep a version of older software
running on virtual machines, so that when (yes, when) support is dropped for
an older version (by whatever company), you still have access to it.


Bill Dilworth

"GregO" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM > wrote in message
news: XXXX@XXXXX.COM ...

n article < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >, GregO wrote:

You're probably right there. I'm not an academician.

On the other hand, I live with several of them and find that they, or at least their
students, are at the leading edge when it comes to software upgrades, if only because
the latest/greatest is all that's on offer at student/teacher discount prices.


I can understand that, and I do think MS should do a better job of making users aware
of compatibility issues. but realisitically, infinite backward compatibility is just
not in the cards. Few programs read files created more than a few versions back.
That PowerPoint and the other Office apps can still go back four versions and read
and edit files from 12 years ago is, to me, quite remarkable.

We may disagree on this, but I think users really need to take responsibility for the
continued viability of files that are valuable to their work.

Just as they should back up their work and periodically verify that the backups still
work, they need to do some testing when updating to new software. And just as they'd
expect to do a conversion when changing backup media (from floppies to tape to CD to
DVD to whatever comes next) they'll sometimes need to convert older files to newer
formats.


They can always keep an older version of the software installed to handle conversions
from the really old formats to something that the newest versions will read. Or keep
an older PC around for this sort of work. Or use Virtual Machines. And I'd guess
that if there's enough demand for it, people will start businesses based on doing
these kinds of conversions.


As with just about any other enterprise you can imagine, resources at MS are not
unlimited. Someone has to make the decision where to spend them: on fixing known
bugs, on adding new features, on maintaining backward compatibility, etc.

And before they can spend the resources on *anything*, they need to earn the money to
pay the bills. Unless they make add'l money, the product dies.




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