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From: nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Mac -> PC PowerPoint
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.140210.24@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil>
Date: 1 Feb 91 19:02:10 GMT
References: <2306@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> <1991Jan31.083029.9697@silvlis.com>
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In article <1991Jan31.083029.9697@silvlis.com>, jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) writes:
> In article <2306@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> legg@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Christian Legg) writes:
>>
>>  Calling any users of Powerpoint for Mac and/or PC.
>>
>>  Microsoft went to a great trouble to say that PowerPoint for Windows
>>could read PowerPoint for Macintosh files in all of the advertising
>>literature about it.
>>
>>  My question is - has anyone managed to get this to work?
> 
> No, but...
> 
> Microsoft Office for Windows (which includes PowerPoint) came with
> a card to obtain "free" Apple File Exchange Translators for PowerPoint.
> For only $4.50 shipping and handling.
> 
> I mailed the card today. We'll see.
> 
> jim
> 
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We are using the Translators from Microsoft.  They do work, though they don't 
do the best job on some imported graphics.  Going Powerpoint (MAC) to 
Powerpoint (Windows) and the reverse does work well without other imported
graphics involved.

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