“Something’s in the wind” or “change is in the wind” are phrases that means a transformation is imminent. Over the many years of presentation design projects and upgrades to PowerPoint and Keynote, one observation has been that Apple tends to move forward with software improvements… even when it means that older versions of the software will not be able to have those improvements. Whereas Microsoft has admirably lived by the mantra that legacy versions must be supported – above all, even if it means the newer version becomes bloated or performance impacted.
I can admire, and not admire, the long standing Microsoft position of wanting to assure legacy software versions of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc. always work with files from newer versions of the app. BUT, as the saying goes, “change is in the wind”. For the first time I have seen, the Microsoft Suite is officially moving forward – and not bringing along legacy versions of its software (and by legacy, we could be talking about support for PowerPoint 2000!).
-Troy @ TLC Creative