2011 Mac PowerPoint compatibility Issues with Windows PowerPoint 2010 I sent a Win PowerPoint 2010 file to a user who opened the file in Mac PowerPoint version 2011. When they clicked on a picture icon placeholder on a slide to insert a picture.
- When you open a document in Word for Mac 2011 that was created in an earlier version of Word, either Word for Mac or Word for Windows, compatibility mode is turned on. Compatibility Mode shows in the title bar of the document window. Compatibility mode indicates that the document was created in an earlier version of Word or was saved in an.
- IWork, which is a software bundle developed by Apple, consists of Pages, Keynote and Numbers. These applications are Apple's equivalent of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Although documents created in iWork have Mac extensions, each application allows you to export documents to be compatible with Windows and Microsoft Word.
PowerPoint provides an option to fill any shape with a solid fill color easily. But what if you want a specific color to be filled? Maybe youneed to use specific colors that are part of your company's corporate identity. In that case, you will need to get an RGB value of that color. Sowhat is RGB? RGB stands for Red, Green, and Blue, and each of these three colors possesses a value within theRGB color model. Let's now imagine that you have a particular RGB value that you wantto use as a fill for any shape; follow the steps below to learn how to add a rectangle of the color.
The color provided to us has the following RGB values:
Follow these steps to explore more:
- Insert a Rectangle shape on your slide inPowerPoint 2011, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Rectangle being inserted- Right-click the Rectangle and choose the Format Shape option from the resultant contextual menu, as shownhighlighted in red within Figure 2.
Figure 2: Format Shape option within the right-click contextual menu- This brings up the Format Shape dialog box, as shown in Figure 3, below. Make sure you select theFill option (highlighted in red within Figure 3) on the sidebar. On theright side of Format Shape dialog box select the Solid tab, as shown highlighted inblue within Figure 3.
Figure 3: Format Shape dialog box- Now, click the Color button (highlighted in red within Figure 4) tobring up the Color drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 4. Within the Color drop-down menu, selectthe More Colors option (highlighted in blue within Figure 4).
Figure 4: More Colors option- This brings up the Mac OS X Color picker, as shown in Figure 5. Here, click the Show More Options button, as shown highlighted in red withinFigure 5.
Figure 5: Mac OS X Color picker- This brings up more options within the Mac OS X Color picker. Now, click the Color Sliders button,as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6.
Figure 6: Color Sliders button- Figure 7, below shows the options within the Color Sliders. Click on theGray Scale Slider option (highlighted in red within Figure 7).
Figure 7: Options within Color Sliders- This brings up a drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 8. Within the drop-down menu select theRGB Sliders option, shown highlighted in red within Figure 8.
Figure 8: RGB Sliders option- In Figure 9, below you can see the RGB Sliders activated within theMac OS X Color picker. Now, change the RGB values to match the RGB values for the colorCyan, that you saw previously on this page. In Figure 9 you can see the changed RGB values(highlighted in red). Then, click the OK button.
Figure 9: RGB values changed within the Mac OS X Color picker- This will take you back to Format Shape dialog box. Here, click the OK button. Your Rectangle shapewill be filled with the color Cyan as you can see in Figure 10.
Figure 10: Rectangle's color changed to Cyan- Save your presentation often.
Powerpoint 2011 For Mac Compatibility With Windows 8.1
You can similarly use RGB values everywhere within PowerPoint.