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How do I open an old power point presentation  Win 98  in Win 2003

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Birney - 15 Sep 2006 23:14 GMT
I have archieved an old presentation - but now I can't open it with the new
software installation.
Is there a way I can salvage the information?
Echo S - 16 Sep 2006 00:42 GMT
>I have archieved an old presentation - but now I can't open it with the new
> software installation.
> Is there a way I can salvage the information?

PPT 2003 should open older files. Do you get an error message or something?

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John Wilson - 16 Sep 2006 06:57 GMT
Presuming you have 2003.

Go to help > about powerpoint

Does it say SP2 at the top (or at least SP1)

If not you need to update (Help > check for updates?)
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> I have archieved an old presentation - but now I can't open it with the new
> software installation.
> Is there a way I can salvage the information?

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