Interesting (IMO) bit of MS shittiness

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Interesting (IMO) bit of MS shittiness

Posted By: Zach (24.249.152.11)
Date: Tuesday, 6 February 2007, at 4:10 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Bill Gates has lost his mind! (J242)

I was putting slides together at work today in PowerPoint (Office 2004) on my Mac, cutting and pasting graphs from Excel into PP. This ended up crashing both programs more often than not, so I had to resort to saving the graphs as images and importing the images into PP. However, saving as the default PNG fucked up the color profile I had used. I had to go with the Mac PICT option to get it right. Additionally, even though my PP presentation passes the compatibility check, it will not open in in Office XP which some of my co-workers are stuck with in Windows. It opens in Office 2003 no problem, but not Office XP. So as a work around, I opened the .ppt file with Keynote, then exported it as a .ppt file. Then it opened fine in Office 2003. Fucking MS. Can't make their own programs work together. 2 problems solved (worked around really) by Apple solutions.

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Bill Gates has lost his mind!
Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Friday, 2 February 2007, at 7:26 a.m.
- Re: Bill Gates has lost his mind!
  J242 (71.231.203.254) -- Friday, 2 February 2007, at 1:00 p.m.
  - Interesting (IMO) bit of MS shittiness
    Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Tuesday, 6 February 2007, at 4:10 p.m.
    - Are you really very suprised?
      J242 (71.231.203.254) -- Tuesday, 6 February 2007, at 4:42 p.m.
      - No. But I like to share these experiences. :) *NM*
        Zach (24.249.152.11) -- Wednesday, 7 February 2007, at 4:24 p.m.
        
        Roger that nasty butler... ;) (2 points if you can identify that!) *NM*
        J242 (71.231.203.254) -- Thursday, 8 February 2007, at 12:07 p.m.
        
        I don't know, but my thumbs get sore thinking about it. *NM*
        Lord Crosis (66.230.116.234) -- Thursday, 8 February 2007, at 12:11 p.m.
        
        Hehehe, I think we have a winner Johnny! *NM*
        J242 (71.231.203.254) -- Thursday, 8 February 2007, at 12:20 p.m.

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Message: : I was putting slides together at work today in PowerPoint (Office 2004) on my : Mac, cutting and pasting graphs from Excel into PP. This ended up crashing : both programs more often than not, so I had to resort to saving the graphs : as images and importing the images into PP. However, saving as the default : PNG fucked up the color profile I had used. I had to go with the Mac PICT : option to get it right. Additionally, even though my PP presentation : passes the compatibility check, it will not open in in Office XP which : some of my co-workers are stuck with in Windows. It opens in Office 2003 : no problem, but not Office XP. So as a work around, I opened the .ppt file : with Keynote, then exported it as a .ppt file. Then it opened fine in : Office 2003. Fucking MS. Can't make their own programs work together. 2 : problems solved (worked around really) by Apple solutions.
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