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... share your presentations with users who either do not have
PowerPoint or who are not upgrading?
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... do not want to upgrade. There is no new viewer at this
time. Indications are that there might be one later, but this is
still the largest failing in the PowerPoint 2002 program, just as
it was in PowerPoint 2000.
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... share your presentations over the web?
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... may want to upgrade. PowerPoint 2002 creates XML tags as
well as HTML tags. Microsoft claims these tags will be more
readable for all users. However, this has not proven to always be
the case, according to several members of the PowerPoint
newsgroup.
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... you use organizational charts and other diagrams?
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... want to upgrade. There is a new diagramming tool in the
Office XP suite. It allows easy building and customization of
diagrams of many styles.
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... you wish you could improve the animations and effects in
your presentations?
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... want to upgrade. PowerPoint 2002 has much better animation
for both slide transitions and elements. Clips and pictures can
be rotated natively in PowerPoint 2002 with very nice results.
Further, graphics can be animated along motion paths. New and
improved slide transitions appear to have been added. Animation
and transition effects can be previewed in all modes, not just in
Slide Show mode.
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... you wish you could put more than one master in a
presentation?
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... want to upgrade. Powerpoint2002 allows either single or
multiple masters in every presentation. The interface for
changing masters has been improved., as has the viewing
capabilities.
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... you create presentations that others work on or review?
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... want to upgrade. Office XP has improved the collaboration
and review features. The send for review option has been
simplified. When combined with the new server mechanisms, the
sharing of files becomes almost trivial.
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... you wish you could see how your handouts look before you
print them?
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... want to upgrade. Microsoft has finally added a print
preview option to the handout master. While sending your
presentation to Word still offers more functionality and
flexibility, this new option lets you see what your handouts look
like before you print them.
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... you need the features of the other Office XP products?
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... want to upgrade. Sharing information between applications
works much smoother and easier. Integration of information is
cleaner. There is a 24 spot internal clipboard in Office XP,
compared with the 12 spot one in Office 2000. And, it seems that
the Excel spreadsheet copies work much cleaner and smoother.
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... have US$87 for the PowerPoint 2002 upgrade or US$230 to
US$450 for one of the Office XP upgrades (depending on what other
products you need.)
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... want to upgrade PowerPoint and / or Office. You need to
decide if the cost is worth the benefits.
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