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General Advice:   ·         It is advisable that for every presentation you create you should have a folder and in that folder you should include all your graphic files, sounds, and movie files. This can be done even before you start linking them into PowerPoint. You should also put in this folder all the Word, Excel, PDF or any other type of files. ·         Always keep your version of PowerPoint up-to-date use one of the site to do that: o   http://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint o   http://www.microsoft.com/mac ·         If time and cost permits then always try to upgrade to the most recent version of PPT as the latest versions will have very few compatibility issues ·         Before saving always use the compatibility checker. Unfortunately the PC version only lets you know the issues raised in previous versions of PPT in Windows but the MAC PPT even tells you the issues raised in PC version on PPT. ·         Some Compatibility issues are non editable but still viewable. The Compatibility checker should point those issues out to you. Typical examples are  Smart Art Graphics that are viewable but can not be edited in older versions and Motion path animations that is allowed in PC PPT can be viewed in Mac PPT but cannot be added or edited in Mac PPT.
Category	General Compatibility Issue	Issues in PowerPoint 2008 (Mac)	Issues in PowerPoint 2007 (Windows)
Fonts	·         Some fonts are incompatible when used across platform ·         If the text is to tight within fonts then either the Mac or PC PPt may add extra line in eth text place holder	·     Cannot embed True Type Fonts ·     Open Type Fonts from Adobe’s Pro Font collection show on PPT 04 and 08 but do with PPT 01

 

 

General Advice:   Try to use fonts that are standard and can be found in both Mac and PC. These fonts include Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, Verdana, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, etc…
Graphics		Don’t use PICT graphic
General Advice:   Use GIF, JPG and PNG that are compatible on both OS platform. If you are using Illustrations then it is advisable to use WMF or EMF formats
Media (Videos and Audios)	Some video or audio are not supported in PPT (Both Versions)
General Advice:   ·         Stick to the video formats such as MPEG that can be played in Windows Media as well as Quick Time thus being compatible in both OS Platform.

 

·         If possible use the DRM-free MP3 for audio files

·         Linking narrations or sound files in Windows can be heard in Mac but vise a versa is not possible. The reason being Mac uses Quick time format  ( AIFF) to store the recording and Windows is unable to detect the format.

·         It is best to embed the audio files which is done by default by both PC and Mac versions of PPT.

·         Inserting an Active X such as Flash Movie in Windows PPT will not play in Mac PPT.