Open MS Powerpoint 2007 .ppts in MS Powerpoint 2003 or Older Versions

About: If you will notice Miscrosoft Powerpoint 2007 is using a different extension and it is .PPTX insteald of .PPT which was commonly used in older versions on MS Powerpoint. There is this common problems on exchanging of presentation files between Powerpoint 2007 users and other Powerpoint version users. Typically .PPTX cannot be opened on older versions [...]

If you will notice Miscrosoft Powerpoint 2007 is using a different extension and it is .PPTX insteald of .PPT which was commonly used in older versions on MS Powerpoint.

There is this common problems on exchanging of presentation files between Powerpoint 2007 users and other Powerpoint version users. Typically .PPTX cannot be opened on older versions including MS Powerpoint 2003.

With this growing problems, Microsoft has just launched Microsoft Office Compatibilty Pack which can make things easier for both users of old MS Office versions. Just download and install the said compatibilty pack and problems are gone.

It is advised to let other older users of old version to download and install the pack otherwise they will have troubles accessing the Powerpoint files. One thing to get around with this is to “SAVEAS” the document before sending it to others. Currently most compatible version is MS Powerpoint 97-2003.

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