Animations in PowerPoint presentations are displayed differently in Internet Explorer than in PowerPoint (285590)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q285590

SYMPTOMS

When you view a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in Microsoft Internet Explorer, animated portions of the presentation may not play smoothly or may not display the same animation as when they are viewed in PowerPoint 2002.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Internet Explorer is unable to accurately display certain animation effects. Some other animation effects are more smoothly displayed in PowerPoint than in Internet Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

The following list contains links to Microsoft Knowledge Base articles about some of the known issues that can occur when you view PowerPoint animation effects in Internet Explorer or other Web browsers.

285588 Light Speed Exit effect is displayed differently in Internet Explorer than in PowerPoint

285580 Vertical Highlight effect is not displayed correctly in Web Page preview

291889 You cannot view a Web page that was saved from PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002 by using Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer 3.x

285568 Animated text grows or shrinks suddenly or unevenly in Web presentation

285553 Black flash before a movie runs when you view presentation in Internet Explorer

285569 Chart animation fade effects are not displayed as expected when you view a PowerPoint presentation in Internet Explorer

285575 Stretch animation performs differently in Internet Explorer

285578 Text animations in rotated text box do not work when viewed as Web presentation in PowerPoint

285594 Overlapping, misaligned, or missing bulleted text in Web preview or Web presentation

285597 Complementary Color, Contrasting Color, and other animations change text color to black in Web presentation

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
Keywords:kbView kbtshoot kbnofix kbprb KB285590
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