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Terry - 10 Jul 2007 12:40 GMT

I am trying to update a powerpoint presentation. Whenever i save it and
reopen later the changes are not saved

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Michael Koerner - 10 Jul 2007 14:36 GMT

Which version of PowerPoint? Make sure your version of PowerPoint has all
the latest Service Patches. What happens when you save it using a different
filename?

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>I am trying to update a powerpoint presentation. Whenever i save it and
> reopen later the changes are not saved

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Terry - 10 Jul 2007 15:52 GMT

I am using powerpoint 2003. I regularly update when prompted. When i save the
file to a different filename i still encounter the same problem

> Which version of PowerPoint? Make sure your version of PowerPoint has all
> the latest Service Patches. What happens when you save it using a different
> filename?
>
> >I am trying to update a powerpoint presentation. Whenever i save it and
> > reopen later the changes are not saved

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David M. Marcovitz - 10 Jul 2007 16:11 GMT

I don't think you will be prompted to update PowerPoint. Go into
PowerPoint. In the Help menu, choose Check for Updates and follow the
instructions to install the latest service pack.
--David

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> I am using powerpoint 2003. I regularly update when prompted. When i
> save the file to a different filename i still encounter the same
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>> > reopen later the changes are not saved

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Echo S - 10 Jul 2007 16:12 GMT

What changes are not being saved? Font size, by chance?

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>I am using powerpoint 2003. I regularly update when prompted. When i save
>the
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>> > reopen later the changes are not saved

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Terry - 11 Jul 2007 11:12 GMT

Thanks for the advice. I have downloaded all the available updates but i
still get the same problem. The presentation i save opens with bullet points
in sections i don't want them in. I have deleted them on 3 occaisions and
saved the new version however when i open it again they are still there.

> I am using powerpoint 2003. I regularly update when prompted. When i save the
> file to a different filename i still encounter the same problem
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> > >I am trying to update a powerpoint presentation. Whenever i save it and
> > > reopen later the changes are not saved

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Echo S - 11 Jul 2007 14:19 GMT

Thanks for explaining what changes aren't sticking. Since it's the bullets,
I think you're running into a bug in PPT.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.powerpoint/browse_thread/thread/
228518d773315799/04b8b45e2b9ebd7a?lnk=st&q=master+echo+group%3Amicrosoft.public.
powerpoint&rnum=16#04b8b45e2b9ebd7a
may help explain it and give you a couple of workaround options.

Here's a shorter link to the same page -- in case that really long one
breaks in the post. http://tinyurl.com/36nyst

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> Thanks for the advice. I have downloaded all the available updates but i
> still get the same problem. The presentation i save opens with bullet
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>> > > reopen later the changes are not saved

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Terry - 11 Jul 2007 15:40 GMT

Thanks for the help. I followed the link to the advice from microsoft. I used
the workround solution and deleted multiple master slides. I have just
changed my presentation again, saved it and ..........it works!

> Thanks for explaining what changes aren't sticking. Since it's the bullets,
> I think you're running into a bug in PPT.
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> >> > > reopen later the changes are not saved

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Echo S - 11 Jul 2007 17:27 GMT

Yay!

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> Thanks for the help. I followed the link to the advice from microsoft. I
> used
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