PPT98: Some Fills Lost When Saving to PowerPoint 4.0

SUMMARY

When you create a presentation that contains texture fills, two-color shaded fills, or preset shaded fills, and save the presentation as a PowerPoint 4.0 presentation, the fills change.

Texture fills from either a Presentation Design template or an individual slide convert to the default fill color of the presentation. Two-color shaded fills convert to one-color shaded fills and preset shaded fills convert to the default fill color of the presentation.

texture fills, two-color and preset shaded fills, and semi-transparent fills are not supported in PowerPoint 4.0. Therefore, if you save a PowerPoint 98 presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, these features will not be retained.

To save a PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format so that texture fills and special shaded fills are retained, follow these steps:

1. On the Format menu, click Apply Design. From the Presentation Designs folder, select the template you want to use, and click Apply.
2. On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.
3. Select the object or objects on the Slide Master that contain textured or custom-shaded fills.
   
   NOTE: On most of the Presentation Design templates, the graphic elements are grouped together. If you need to change only one graphic element, ungroup the objects. To do this, click Draw on the Drawing toolbar, and then click Ungroup.
4. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
5. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Picture, and click OK.
6. Drag the object to the position you want.
7. Change the order of the objects. To do this, click Draw on the Drawing toolbar, point to Order, and then click either Bring To Front or Send To Back.
8. On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Title Master.
9. Repeat steps 3 through 8 for each fill you want to retain.

When you save your presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, the fill colors should be correct.

   Newsprint            Recycled Paper         Parchment
   Stationery           Green Marble           White Marble
   Brown Marble         Granite                Blue Tissue Paper
   Pink Tissue Paper    Purple Mesh            Bouquet
   Papyrus              Canvas                 Denim
   Woven Mat            Water Droplets         Paper Bag
   Fish Fossil          Sand                   Cork
   Walnut               Oak                    Medium Wood