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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 2006Opening PowerPoint 95 files with PowerPoint 2007
Apparently, PowerPoint 2007 no longer supports PowerPoint 95 or earlier files. At first, I thought it was something similar to MS Knowledge Base Article 922850, but moving the file to one of PowerPoint's "trusted" locations didn't help. The error was different, too. It says, in part, "The selected file does not appear to be a valid Microsoft Office PowerPoint file." To see this, open a PPT file in PowerPoint 2007 (or 95, if you happen to have it), then save it as a PowerPoint 95 file. Finally, try to open it in PowerPoint 2007, and it will fail. At first, I thought, "Well, MS just decided it wasn't worth supporting formats that are this old." I didn't think much about it, but then I managed to open a Word 2.0 file in Word 2007 (after jumping through security hoops). Why would PowerPoint 2007 be less compatible than Word 2007?  SignatureTroy > Apparently, PowerPoint 2007 no longer supports PowerPoint 95 or earlier > files. At first, I thought it was something similar to MS Knowledge > Base Article 922850, but moving the file to one of PowerPoint's > "trusted" locations didn't help. The error was different, too. It says, > in part, "The selected file does not appear to be a valid Microsoft > Office PowerPoint file." This actually doesn't surprise me, as support for the PPT 95 file format has been discontinued. MS moved to a different file format in PPT 97 and used that through the 2003 version, and that is the only file format that's still supported. > To see this, open a PPT file in PowerPoint 2007 (or 95, if you happen > to have it), then save it as a PowerPoint 95 file. Finally, try to open > it in PowerPoint 2007, and it will fail. I can't save a PPT 95 file from PPT 2007 in the first place. That makes sense to me -- 2007 won't save or open the 95 file format. > At first, I thought, "Well, MS just decided it wasn't worth supporting > formats that are this old." I didn't think much about it, but then I > managed to open a Word 2.0 file in Word 2007 (after jumping through > security hoops). Why would PowerPoint 2007 be less compatible than Word > 2007? I don't know the answer to this, but I'd bet that the PPT 95 format is more drastically different from the later formats than it is in the Word world. If you have a lot of PPT 95 files to deal with, I'd recommend keeping an earlier version around to open them as necessary. And I would definitely start saving those old files in at least the 97-2003 format! :-) SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > I can't save a PPT 95 file from PPT 2007 in the first place. That makes > sense to me -- 2007 won't save or open the 95 file format. I just double-checked. The fourth option in the Save As dialog for PowerPoint 2007 is PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt). We have a bunch of older PowerPoint files that we've always been able to open in PowerPoint 97, and even in Beta 2 of Office 2007. Now, we can't open them in 2007. SignatureTroy > I just double-checked. The fourth option in the Save As dialog for > PowerPoint 2007 is PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt). We have a bunch of older > PowerPoint files that we've always been able to open in PowerPoint 97, > and even in Beta 2 of Office 2007. Now, we can't open them in 2007. Let me rephrase this whole thing. This is what I get for posting in a hurry. :) The save as PPT 95 option is in PowerPoint 2003, not 2007. So, save it as PPT 95 from 2003, then try to open in 2007, and it fails. SignatureTroy >> I just double-checked. The fourth option in the Save As dialog for >> PowerPoint 2007 is PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt). We have a bunch of older [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The save as PPT 95 option is in PowerPoint 2003, not 2007. So, save it > as PPT 95 from 2003, then try to open in 2007, and it fails. Ahhhh. That doesn't surprise me so much. From 2007, you're saving one format back -- from 2007 to 97/2003. The 95 format is yet another format back from that. (And yeah, it's available in 2003.) However, if you were able to open PPT 95 files in PPT 2007 during the beta, I'd think that should still work. Are you sure you didn't open them in 2003, save them (which would be the 97/2003 format by default), and then open that in 2007? I still have B2TR here, but I don't have any PPT 95 files to test with. If you want to mail me a small (200kb or less) file, I can try it here. Email it to echos at indy dot net. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > I still have B2TR here, but I don't have any PPT 95 files to test with. My turn to rephrase -- I have both B2TR and the RTM version of PPT 2007 here. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > > I still have B2TR here, but I don't have any PPT 95 files to test with. > > My turn to rephrase -- I have both B2TR and the RTM version of PPT 2007 > here. FWIW, just saved from 2003 to a PPT95 file; B2TR was able to open it. No option to save to 95 format though. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ >> > I still have B2TR here, but I don't have any PPT 95 files to test with. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > FWIW, just saved from 2003 to a PPT95 file; B2TR was able to open it. > No option to save to 95 format though. Okay, okay. In 2003, I opened a new, blank presentation and File|Save As and chose PPT 95. I also opened another new, blank presentation and File|Save As and chose "PPT 97-2003 & 95" format. PPT 2007 RTM version will not open the "straight" PPT 95 file, as Troy reports. PPT 2007 RTM version *will* open the "97-2003 & 95" version. I should have gone ahead and tried this -- I was thinking it might be a problem with something specific in the 95 files, but it seems not. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > In 2003, I opened a new, blank presentation and File|Save As and chose PPT > 95. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I should have gone ahead and tried this -- I was thinking it might be a > problem with something specific in the 95 files, but it seems not. Sounds like RTM won't do 95 files any longer (in or out) but will use the "97etc" component of "compound" files; that makes sense. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > > I just double-checked. The fourth option in the Save As dialog for > > PowerPoint 2007 is PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt). We have a bunch of older [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The save as PPT 95 option is in PowerPoint 2003, not 2007. So, save it > as PPT 95 from 2003, then try to open in 2007, and it fails. I'm curious; what's the advantage of keeping files in PPT95 format? Other than helping to enrich disk drive manuafacturers (the files are often much larger than theyd' be in 97-2003 format). Since you have 2003, why not open them there, save to the normal 2003 format and have files (smaller files) that you can open in 2007? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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