PPT2000: How to Open PowerPoint Files in Earlier Versions

ID: Q198338

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to open a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 presentation so that you can edit it in other versions of Microsoft PowerPoint.

NOTE: Features not supported in earlier versions of PowerPoint will either be approximated or ignored when a presentation is saved in an earlier version format.


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Opening a PowerPoint 2000 Presentation in PowerPoint 97

No special conversion is needed to open PowerPoint 2000 presentations in PowerPoint 97.

Opening a PowerPoint 2000 Presentation in PowerPoint 7.0

To open a PowerPoint 2000 presentation in PowerPoint 7.0, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Save the PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 7.0 format.

NOTE: You can also use this method if you want to open the file in PowerPoint 4.0 for the Macintosh or PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows if you have installed the PowerPoint 7.0 translators for PowerPoint 4.0 on your computer.
  1. Create (or open) a presentation in PowerPoint 2000.


  2. On the File menu, click Save As.


  3. In the Files Of Type list, click one of the following formats:


  4. In the File Name box, type the file name you want to use and click OK.


Method 2: Obtain the PowerPoint 97 binary converter for PowerPoint 7.0.

To download the Pp8to7.exe file, connect to the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/pp8to7.exe
For additional information about downloading this file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
After you have downloaded the file, double-click it to install the converter.

Opening a PowerPoint 2000 Presentation in PowerPoint 4.0

To open a PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows or PowerPoint 4.0 for the Macintosh (without using the PowerPoint7.0 translators), use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Save the PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format.

  1. Create (or open) a presentation in PowerPoint 2000.


  2. On the File menu, click Save As.


  3. In the Files Of Type list, click PowerPoint 4.0 (*.ppt).


  4. In the File Name box, type the file name you want to use and click OK.


Method 2: Obtain the PowerPoint 97 translator for PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows

For further information, see the following Web address:

To download the Pp8trans.exe file, connect to the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/Pp8trans.exe
For additional information about downloading this file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
After you have downloaded the file, double-click it to install the converter.

Method 3: Obtain the PowerPoint 97-98 import converter for the Macintosh.

The following two files are available for download: To download the Pp8_68k.hqx file, connect to the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/Pp8_68k.hqx
To download the Pp8_00c.hqx file, connect to the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/Pp8_ppc.hqx
For additional information about downloading this file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
After you have downloaded the file, decode the .hqx file.

For more information about the PowerPoint 97-98 import converter, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q144032 PPT4: PowerPoint 97-98 Import Converter Available
NOTE: The PowerPoint Office Assistant contains additional information about saving presentations earlier PowerPoint formats.

Additional query words: 4.00a 4.00c 8.00 9.0 9.00 ppt9 saveas open ppt95 


Keywords          : kbdta kbconvert 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: June 28, 1999