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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / September 2007some controls on this presentation can't be activated....
....They might not be registered on this computer. I have a fully updated version of Office 2007 opening a 2003 version PPT file. How do I get the ActiveX needed to have this work properly? Thanks! > .....They might not be registered on this computer. > > I have a fully updated version of Office 2007 opening a 2003 version PPT > file. How do I get the ActiveX needed to have this work properly? Thanks! The author of the show may have used an ActiveX control that's not part of Office 2007/Windows. You might want to check with them to see what they've done. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Well two other people in my office with 2007 that are also up-to-date had no trouble as well as my machine which is 2003 Office successfully used the file and all I do is Windows and Office updating. Windows XP Pro and all copies of Office are up-to-date. Is there anything else to consider? All macros are allowed on the machine through PPT as well. Thanks for the help Steve! > > .....They might not be registered on this computer. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ All that means is the other computers have the ActiveX control in question installed already. You're not using something like SwiffPoint Player, are you? Or is there any Flash in the file? As Steve said, you need to check with the author of the presentation and find out what kind of control he/she used.  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/ > Well two other people in my office with 2007 that are also up-to-date had > no [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> PPTools: www.pptools.com >> ================================================ I am waiting for word back, but I find it strange since I keep these machines all updated together. I don't get why one would not have something the others would if I update them the same. Thanks for the assistance! > All that means is the other computers have the ActiveX control in question > installed already. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >> PPTools: www.pptools.com > >> ================================================ We're not talking about updates, though, Matt. We're talking (probably) about an add-in -- or an ActiveX control of some sort, anyway -- the author used when he/she created the file. If you don't have that ActiveX control installed (and they're often installed via an add-in), you will see the type of error message you're seeing. 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 am waiting for word back, but I find it strange since I keep these >machines [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >> PPTools: www.pptools.com >> >> ================================================ I see... just really weird because the systems are essentially the same from software. I will ask the author what they used though. Thanks again! > We're not talking about updates, though, Matt. We're talking (probably) > about an add-in -- or an ActiveX control of some sort, anyway -- the author [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > >> >> PPTools: www.pptools.com > >> >> ================================================ I'd guess that the machines where the presentation works ok have the active-x control it wants. Again, check with the author, or open the presentation on a computer where it works and look for controls. This little macro will help you locate them: Sub ListControls() Dim oSh As Shape Dim oSl As Slide For Each oSl In ActivePresentation.Slides For Each oSh In oSl.Shapes If oSh.Type = msoOLEControlObject Then ' display the slide, select the shape and msgbox: ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide (oSl.SlideIndex) oSh.Select msoTrue MsgBox "Slide " & CStr(oSl.SlideIndex) End If Next Next End Sub > Well two other people in my office with 2007 that are also up-to-date had no > trouble as well as my machine which is 2003 Office successfully used the file [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hey Steve, thanks for the macro. I ran it, but all that came up was the slide changes. To make things easy, is there a way to reinstall the ActiveX controls related to Office 2007? Can I just do run the repair tool? thanks! > I'd guess that the machines where the presentation works ok have the active-x > control it wants. Again, check with the author, or open the presentation on a [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > Hey Steve, thanks for the macro. I ran it, but all that came up was the slide > changes. Maybe the control's grouped with other objects. That'd prevent the macro from seeing it. > To make things easy, is there a way to reinstall the ActiveX > controls related to Office 2007? Can I just do run the repair tool? thanks! Detect and Repair certainly shouldn't hurt anything, but it might be better to re-run Setup. Choose a custom setup and ... well, add whatever's missing to the list of stuff to install. And w/o knowing what's missing, it's hard to say what that might be. Is there anything on any of the slides that you can't easily re-create yourself using PPT's normal drawing tools? That might be the control you're after. > > I'd guess that the machines where the presentation works ok have the active-x > > control it wants. Again, check with the author, or open the presentation on a [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hey Steve! Thanks for the suggestions. Earlier today I ran a Flash Player update and everything worked out fine. Most times that seems automatic as my users go through different things each day, so it was one of those things I conisder last obviously. It all worked out. Thanks steve! > > Hey Steve, thanks for the macro. I ran it, but all that came up was the slide > > changes. [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ Aha! Hey, thanks for coming back with that! > Thanks for the suggestions. Earlier today I ran a Flash Player update and > everything worked out fine. Most times that seems automatic as my users go [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Glad to hear it. Thanks for posting back, Matt. 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/ > Hey Steve! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > conisder > last obviously. It all worked out. Thanks steve! |
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