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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 2006Please Help: Not able to View PPT file (Office 2000)
Hi, Need urgent help with a power point file. I have 2 .ppt files (created in May 2006) that I am trying to open However, I was getting the message " PowerPoint can't open the type o file represented by[location/file name]. I have tried all the methods that is in the Microsoft help page bu still of no help. Tried the demo recovery and repair softwares an still not able to open the file. Some software were giving the messag the header is missing. However, now when I attempt to open the file, the ealier message doe not appear anymore but it is opening a blank presentation. The fil size is 2MB. Please help urgently -- Ran Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i Have you applied all the available Office updates?  SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Please help urgently. Was it created with a later version of PPT and could it have been password protected? If so 2000 won't be able to open them at all. Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress http://www.pfcmedia.com > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Please help urgently. we are on a LAN and updates are installed regularly. Anything I woul have missed? I cant open these 2 ppt files only. The other ppt files are ok. Please advise -- Ran Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i it is not created on a later version. I have tried opening on PowerPoin Viewer 2003 and office 2003. When i tried on office 2003, it says fil is not a valid powerpoint file -- Ran Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i Try downloading Impress, the presentation application in Open Office. It will often open files that PPT considers corrupt. http://www.openoffice.org Here are some tips to prevent corruption in future: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168771033.aspx?pid=CH010036301033 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/ > it is not created on a later version. I have tried opening on PowerPoint > Viewer 2003 and office 2003. When i tried on office 2003, it says file > is not a valid powerpoint file. Thanks Echo I tried that as well. The funny thing is,when I open impress and locat the ppt file and open, it is opening in open office writer. it i opening a few thousand pages with funny characters on it. Please advise. The file size is still 2MB. I am sure the data is stil in it and I can retrieve it somehow... but how? help!help -- Ran Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i It sounds like you've somehow added the wrong extension to the file, maybe. Try showing file extensions and then naming the file so it ends in .ppt (that's dot ppt). Here's info on showing file extensions: Make Windows show file extensions and hidden files http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00781.htm 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/ > Thanks Echo > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > help!help! Hi, Tried renaming again as .ppt but this does not work as well. Anythin else that i can try -- Ran Posted from - http://www.officehelp.i You tried Insert | Slides From File in a new presentation, right? I guess try Insert | Slides From Outline if that failed. 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/ > Hi, > > Tried renaming again as .ppt but this does not work as well. Anything > else that i can try? |
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