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Title: Powerpoint Question
Post by: nintendodork on February 24, 2009, 05:29:48 pm
Okay, I've got this Powerpoint I made on Vista saved to a removable flash drive...
I need to present it at school...but all the school computers have XP.  I tried plugging the drive into one of the school's computers, but it says it can't open it whenever I try and do so in XP Powerpoint.

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: ericj on February 24, 2009, 05:32:18 pm
Can't you save the file to open in the XP version? See if that's one of the save options.
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: Rogles on February 24, 2009, 05:35:35 pm
If that doesn't work... Look up openoffice.org, and save your powerpoint as a powerpoint2004 document.
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: UglyJoe on February 24, 2009, 05:40:26 pm
Yeah, you probably saved it as a .pptx file instead of a .ppt file.  It happens all the freaking time (moreso with .docx files, though).
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: nintendodork on February 24, 2009, 05:43:13 pm
Okay, I thought I saved it as a 97-03 presentation before, but apparently I didn't...
Now I need to edit slide 4 because XP is SHITTING DICK NIPPLES, but then after I do that, I'll test it on my SHITTING DICK NIPPLES computer and see what happens...

Hopefully it works this time :D
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: manuel on February 24, 2009, 05:46:59 pm
Isn't there an option to make a standalone presentation, i.e. no Powerpoint required on the computer you want to play it. I think I did that sometimes way back in the 90s.
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: nintendodork on February 24, 2009, 05:47:53 pm
Hmm...
You mean like open the file and go straight to a fullscreen presentation instead of actually opening PP and pressing F5?
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: manuel on February 26, 2009, 08:39:36 am
Yes, something like that.

I don't have Powerpoint on my computer now, but back then I could save presentations as .exe files, maybe?

This way they could be run on any computer, even when Powerpoint was not installed. Maybe they scrapped this function in newer versions? I don't know.
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: nintendodork on February 26, 2009, 02:00:24 pm
Hey!  I'm glad to see you posting again Jedi!

Also, I got it saved as a .ppt file, Vista doesn't let you save powerpoints as .exe :'( That would be so much easier :D
The stupid thing is..After I saved my powerpoint as a .ppt, it also kept the original .pptx one in my flash drive...but it made me change a slide before it could be made into a .ppt because one of the backgrounds I used wasn't supported in XP, so I changed it, tried it on XP...and both of them worked -_-


Apparently, I just got pwn'd by SHITTING DICK NIPPLES >:( >:(

Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: Rogles on February 26, 2009, 02:16:50 pm
Is SHITTING DICK NIPPLES code for Windows XP? :P
Title: Re: Powerpoint Question
Post by: nintendodork on February 26, 2009, 02:25:11 pm
Yes.  I hate XP