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Old 11-10-2007, 10:58 PM
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older version? I have 2007 at home, but I can put it on an older version like 2000 or 2003 at school to edit my presentation?
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Old 11-10-2007, 10:58 PM
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I think you've got the question backwards there WIll V.

You can open and edit a presentation saved by the 2003 version in your 2007, yes.

However, as a rule of thumb you CANNOT open or edit your 2007-created presentation with your school's 2003 version.
I say rule of thumb becasue if, by chance, you saved simple things in your 2007-created presentation, things for which the code is the same in 2003, then you can open it.
However, if you use a feature unique to the 2007 in creating your pres, the 2003 won't be know what to do with the new-age code.

The 2003 <i>might</i> just go around the spots it can't read, and throw in an older font or just won't play an animation/transition it can't understand, but I wouldn't count on it.




Inside your 2007 at home, in the window that pops up when you click "save as", there's a drop-box labled "save type as". Slide down and click the type that sounds like it would work at school, like "presentation powerpoint 2003" or whatever it says (I don't know, I don't have 2007 in front of me).

Hope this is helpful,
-Sam V
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Old 11-10-2007, 10:58 PM
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Yes, 2007 can open and edit an older version. Some features will be disabled, but it will work. Just save as the old format. Been there, done that, got the T shirt.

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Old 11-10-2007, 11:07 PM
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As long as the Power Point 2007 file is saved as a .ppt format file you should have no problem opening it on an older version of Power Point.
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:10 PM
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When you create the PPT file in 2007, save it to a previous version with Save AS. Click the down-arrow next to filetype on the bottom of the Save As window.

Powerpoint 2007 - Help and How to page
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/results.aspx?qu=Powerpoint+2007&sc=9
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:25 PM
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Yes you can do that,I've done it before,but there are some older versions that cannot support the new ones.
I did a microsoft word 2007 at home
It didn't work on some of the 2003 computers at my school
But it worked on others

So you can probably do it/
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