Transitions may exhibit unexpected behavior when you view a PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002 presentation in Internet Explorer 5.5 (278565)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q278565

SYMPTOMS

Some transition animation effects that you apply to slides in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation or a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 presentation may not be animated or may otherwise appear different than what you expect when the presentation is viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5.

The transition animations that may not behave as expected include the following:
  • Comb Horizontal
  • Comb Vertical
  • Cut
  • Cut Through Black
  • Fade Smoothly
  • Fade Through Black
  • Newsflash
  • Shape Diamond
  • Shape Plus
  • Wedge
  • Wheel (any)

MORE INFORMATION

To illustrate the differences in viewing the transition animations of a PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002 presentation in Internet Explorer 5.5, follow these steps:
  1. Start PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002, and then create a 22-slide presentation using the default style.
  2. Select all of the even-numbered slides.
  3. On the Format menu, click Background.
  4. Under Background fill, select any color, and then click Apply.

    This step makes it easier to view transition effects.
  5. Select slide 1, and then in the Title placeholder, type Blinds.
  6. In the Subtitle placeholder, type Subtitle.
  7. On the Slide Show menu, click Slide Transition.
  8. On the Slide Transition pane, select either of the Blinds transitions.
  9. Select slide 2, and in the Title placeholder, type Box.
  10. On the Slide Transition pane, select either of the Box transitions.
  11. Type some text in the body of the slide.
  12. Repeat steps 9 through 11 for the remainder of the slides, using the following titles and transitions (one for each of the remaining 20 slides):

    Checker-Either Checkerboard transition
    Comb Horizontal-Title and transition
    Comb Vertical-Title and transition
    Cover-Any Cover transition
    Cut-Title and transition
    Cut Through Black-Title and transition
    Dissolve-Title and transition
    Fade-Either Fade transition
    Newsflash-Title and transition
    Push-Any Push transition
    Random Bars-Either Random Bars transition
    Shape Circle-Title and transition
    Shape Diamond-Title and transition
    Shape Plus-Title and transition
    Split-Any Split transition
    Strips-Any Strips transition
    Uncover-Any Uncover transition
    Wedge-Title and transition
    Wheel-Any Wheel transition
    Wipe-Any Wipe transition

  13. In Internet Explorer, click Slide Show. Note that not all of the transitions exhibit the expected behavior.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2006
Keywords:kbslideshow kbAnimation kbprb KB278565 kbAudEndUser
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