Thread: Tag Editor and Power Point 2007

Originally Posted by RodrigoDG

We discovered that trados 2007 is compatible with PPT 2007, but not with previous versions, you only need to open as "pptx" and not with ".ppt" extension. All text embedded with the SmartGraphic feature of 2007 (editable only in 2007), becomes non-editable in 2003, and it is not picked up by Tag Editor, but if you use trados 2007 and 2007 pptx you don't have any problem.

Confirmed! Thank you all for your contributions! An additional comment: you need to open the PPTX (from Office 2007) with Tag Editor 2007 from Trados updated with Service Pack 2. To make this Service Pack work it´s better to uninstall Trados and reinstall it along with the Service Pack, otherwise you run the risk that not all features become updated.
PS: ElVizconde's alternative with HTML or RTF is an interesting one! I promise to explore it too!

Thanks for the tip Rodrigo! The only thing translators need to be aware of is that Office 2007 makes your PC incredibly slow...so if you are in the midst of a rush...(as translators usually are... ), it's something to think about...

Originally Posted by sabrina

Thanks for the tip Rodrigo! The only thing translators need to be aware of is that Office 2007 makes your PC incredibly slow...so if you are in the midst of a rush...(as translators usually are... ), it's something to think about...

And wich is the other option? do it wrong or re do it after?

Originally Posted by sabrina

The only thing translators need to be aware of is that Office 2007 makes your PC incredibly slow...

It´s a matter of looking for a bit more RAM and capacity in your hard drive. Some smart freelancers might consider it an investment rather than an expense

Originally Posted by ElVizconde

try using SAVE US. That will allow you to save the ppt as HTML or RTF.

Hi Vizconde! I'm back and unfortunately with the same problem. I've tried saving the slide with Smart Graphic imagery as HTM and RTF with no success.
I hope the resurrection of this thread will light up my lack of knowledge on this matter

Well, no success on my side either.

I opened the PPTX and Save it As rtf and html format.
but, I´m missing a lot of text.
In the rtf format, I have the same editable text that I got when I saved it as ppt.
In the htm format, I only get the titles, but with no content at all.

Am I missing something here? Anybody can help? PLEASE!

So far, I tried:
- Saving the pptx as ppt, rtf, htm
- opening the ttx done with trados 7 in trados 6.

thank you guys for your help

rgds

and this is the error message I get:

Filler definition not found: SDL Trados Power Point 2007. Filler 1.0.0.0
Failed to retrieve tag toolbar settings for plugin file format.

I´ve been googling this error with no success, nobody seems to have an answer about it.

I´ll go on searching and keep you posted. cheers