PPT7: Contents of PPReadme.txt File (135744)

SUMMARY

The following text is taken from the PowerPoint for Windows 95 version
7.0 Readme file (Ppreadme.txt).

   Installable filters are provided with PowerPoint for Windows 95
   version 7.0 which you can add to a PowerPoint 4.0 installation that
   allows PowerPoint 4.0 to read presentations created with PowerPoint
   7.0. New graphic effects and features of PowerPoint 7.0 are not
   available when the presentation is opened in PowerPoint 4.0, but
   reappear normally when subsequently opened in PowerPoint 7.0,
   provided the presentation is not saved from PowerPoint 4.0.

   For the Windows version of PowerPoint, the Vsetup program is provided
   which performs the necessary installation procedure to add the filter
   to PowerPoint 4.0. Simply copying the filters to users' machines will
   not work. The Vsetup must be used to install them. For the Macintosh
   version of PowerPoint, you can simply copy the filter to the
   PowerPoint folder.

A PowerPoint 7.0 translator is available that allows PowerPoint
4.0 for the Macintosh to read PowerPoint 7.0 for Windows 95 files. The
Macintosh 7.0 translator includes the 68k and Power Macintosh versions.
You can obtain the Macintosh version of the translator from online
services.

One method to read PowerPoint 95 presentations on your Macintosh, is to
first save the presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format.

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The actual file that enables backwards compatibility with PowerPoint 4.0
is Pp7trans.dll. However, as stated above, merely copying a file or set of
files to the PowerPoint 4.0 machine will not enable backward compatibility.
Vsetup must be run.

For additional information about obtaining the PowerPoint 7.0 translator
for Macintosh PowerPoint 4.0, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q133803
   TITLE     : PPT4: Converter for Importing 7.0 Files into Mac PowerPoint 4.0

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services

   ARTICLE-ID: Q151983
   TITLE     : PPT4: PowerPoint 7.0 Translator for Mac PowerPoint 4 Available