PowerPoint Tips Volume 7, No. 5 Published 12/06/11   PowerPoint Tips* is an email newsletter that answers the most frequently asked questions that I field. Each e-newsletter will typically address one or two questions and I encourage you to forward it to others.   If you wish to comment, ask a question or simply want to get to know us better, please use one of the "click here" buttons towards the end of this message. You can also use the "Update Profile/Email Address" tool at the bottom of this message to update or cancel your subscription or the "Forward to a friend" tool to send a copy to others.   Privacy Statement We respect the right to privacy and we will guard the personal information you share with us. We do not sell any information such as your name and e-mail address to third parties. If a subscriber to our newsletter forwards "PowerPoint Tips", we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail.   A newsletter will automatically be sent to the friend along with a personal note from the sender to the friend. We will not offer or allow the selling of the friend's information such as their name and e-mail address to third parties.   To learn more about presentation techniques Please contact us at info@engagepresentations.com or give us a call at 514-739-5072.  Please visit our website to learn more about us! www.engagepresentations.com Greetings!  In this issue of PowerPoint* Tips I address concerns with PowerPoint 2010 and 2007.   The Many Versions of PowerPoint    PowerPoint 2010 is becoming ever more popular and is vast improvement over 2007.  The downside is that every new version of PowerPoint creates backwards compatibility issues for many users.  This means that if you have 2010 and then send your presentation to someone with an older version they may experience some elements that are un-editable. I have been fielding questions from people in Marketing, particularly Pharmaceutical Marketing who have Key Opinion Leaders using PowerPoint 2003.  These 2003 users are somewhat frustrated that they cannot edit the slides.   In these cases we have worked with the client to convert the file back to PowerPoint 2003.  There is in fact no simple way to ensure that a file created with PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 is totally compatible with the older 2003 software. Many multimedia departments and indeed some large multinationals are switching to 2010 while most users are still in PowerPoint 2007. In these cases the answer is to save the file as a PowerPoint 97 - 2003 format.  PowerPoint 2007 then recognizes most elements; however at times tables and shapes may become un-editable.  If this happens we can help you resolve the problem.    *  Microsoft® Office PowerPoint®, Excel® and Word® Copyright © Microsoft  Corporation Contact Us! Cliquez ici pour recevoir ce bulletin de nouvelles en français. Click here request a presentation on our services.  Click here to share your comments and/or suggestions