Are Powerpoint 2019 documents forwards compatible with Powerpoint 2016?

Does anyone know if Powerpoint 2019 documents are forwards compatible with Powerpoint 2016?

I know there were a pile of new features added in the new version, but I'm unsure if they are just creation tools or if they are required for display as well.

What it is is that I have a new departmental manager who wants to use 2019, but the rest of the company is on 2016, so I don't want to set him up with software that will cause compatibility issues if others try to view his Powerpoint presentations on their machines. My thinking is that is "should be" okay. But I've been wrong before because I used common sense

Thanks

Solution 1:

Generally, PowerPoint 2019 has a good compatibility with PowerPoint 2016. You can use compatibility mode to work with different versions of PowerPoint.

Even if you don’t have the latest version of PowerPoint, you can open and work with an older PowerPoint file. If you do have the latest version, compatibility mode makes it possible to work with the older file formats, too. You can also Run Compatibility Checker to ensure that your presentation does not have compatibility issues, and if you no longer need compatibility with earlier versions of PowerPoint, you can convert a presentation to the current file type.

For more information about compatibility mode, see About compatibility mode in PowerPoint.

PowerPoint 2019 includes several new features that aren't available in prior versions. See:What's new in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.