PPT98: Transitions in Earlier Version Files Are Ignored

When you open a Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0 presentation that includes transitions in Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition and run a slide show, none of the transitions work. Also, if you switch to Slide Sorter view, the transition type for each slide is defined as "No Transition."

NOTE: Even though PowerPoint 98 does not use the transitions correctly, if you run the presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0, the transitions work as expected.

PowerPoint 98 does not correctly read the transition information from the presentation file.

To view the transitions in PowerPoint 3.0 and 4.0 presentations, run the slide show in PowerPoint (3.0 or 4.0) or the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer.

For more information about the PowerPoint 4.0 Viewer for the Macintosh, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.