Powerpoint 2011 compatibility with 2007?

[AppleCrisp]

Hi, i'm making a Powerpoint presentation in Office 2011, and was wondering if it will produce a file that is fully readable on Office 2007. Thanks!

 

[Intell]

The file it will make will be fully readable by Office 2007, 2008, and 2010.

 

[liriel]

It will likely be fully compatible. However, as a warning for the future, I had significant trouble today reading in 2011, a file generated in 2007. I ended up having to fire up Powerpoint 2007 in a Windows VM so I could edit the file.

Very frustrating.

 

[MisterMe]

Yes, I think you can save it as a .pptx file.

That would be so not the point. .pptx is the default extension for both PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2011 as well as PowerPoint 2008. Therefore, it is a virtual certainty that the problematic file has the .pptx extension. If liriel is correct, then Microsoft's promise of compatibility between Office 2007 and Office 2011 is a "Microsoft promise."

 

[liriel]

That would be so not the point. .pptx is the default extension for both PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2011 as well as PowerPoint 2008. Therefore, it is a virtual certainty that the problematic file has the .pptx extension. If liriel is correct, then Microsoft's promise of compatibility between Office 2007 and Office 2011 is a "Microsoft promise."

I even tried saving it as a ppt and several slides were still not readable in 2011 - a Microsoft promise indeed.

 

[silentsim]

my Windows 7 office 2007 powerpoint slides work fine in ppt 11....