Powerpoint Question

[nintendodork]

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!

[ericj]

Can't you save the file to open in the XP version? See if that's one of the save options.

[Rogles]

If that doesn't work... Look up openoffice.org, and save your powerpoint as a powerpoint2004 document.

[UglyJoe]

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).

[nintendodork]

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

[manuel]

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.

[nintendodork]

Hmm...
You mean like open the file and go straight to a fullscreen presentation instead of actually opening PP and pressing F5?

[manuel]

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.

[nintendodork]

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
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

[Rogles]

Is SHITTING DICK NIPPLES code for Windows XP?

[nintendodork]

Yes.  I hate XP