Re: Thumbnail views of slides in the normal view

Hi Ellen,

First, thank you for posting to the newsgroup. I hope you enjoy this forum.

PowerPoint for Mac does not have the left frame preview of slides that PowerPoint 2003 Windows does. I switch to Slide Sorter View and change the zoom to 100%. I know. It's not the same.

As Mickey pointed out, there's a send feedback feature that you can use to send your requests, ideas, bug issues, etc. directly to Microsoft. Microsoft employees sporadically visit the newsgroups, and the MVPs have a direct line to the Mac BU, so MacBU (the Macintosh Business Unit of Microsoft) has their fingers on the pulse through a variety of channels.

Keynote compatibility with PowerPoint is not so hot. I know they want to sell Keynote (it's quite good, actually), but Keynote is not cross platform, so for you and many others it is a no-go.

However, once you become familiar with Mac PowerPoint you will discover many great features that are not in the Windows version.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP



ellen.isaacman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a PC and a MacBook Pro. I just bought Office 2004 for the Mac
for PPT shows I do for my PC clients. I cannot find the same view that
I get on my PC with the full slide and the miniature slides in the
normal view. Is this NOT an option for the Mac? Is this option only
available on the PowerPoint 2003 app on the PC??

The Apple store tells me to use the Mac app called Keynote, but I am
just not sure of the compatibility cross platform.

Any help on this would really be appreciated. Is this option NOT
available for the Mac? Is this only a feature for the PC?

Thanks!

.

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