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infusiontek - 06 Nov 2007 15:50 GMT

I have a ppt file created in 03 but cannot open it in 07. It says "The
selected file does not appear to be a valid Microsoft Office PowerPoint file.
It might be another kind of Microsoft Office System file or a file created by
using a different program."

I know it was created in 03 b/c I created it. Has anyone come accross this?

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Echo S - 06 Nov 2007 16:00 GMT

I've not run across this particular error message. I would try first running
diagnostics in PPT 2007 (Office Button | PPT Options | Resources) and then
if that doesn't work try Home | New Slide | Reuse Slides. Opt to open a PPT
file in the Reuse Slides pane and navigate to your PPT 2003 file.

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>I have a ppt file created in 03 but cannot open it in 07. It says "The
> selected file does not appear to be a valid Microsoft Office PowerPoint
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> I know it was created in 03 b/c I created it. Has anyone come accross
> this?

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infusiontek - 06 Nov 2007 16:20 GMT

I tried both of the options. The diagnostics passed. Then I tried to do the
reuse slides option and it just said that it cannot open the selected file

> I've not run across this particular error message. I would try first running
> diagnostics in PPT 2007 (Office Button | PPT Options | Resources) and then
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> > I know it was created in 03 b/c I created it. Has anyone come accross
> > this?

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Echo S - 06 Nov 2007 16:25 GMT

Can you open other 2003 files with PPT 2007? If so, then this particular one
may be corrupt. Here is some info that may help you recover it:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168781033.aspx and

http://www.echosvoice.com/recovering.htm

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>I tried both of the options. The diagnostics passed. Then I tried to do
>the
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infusiontek - 06 Nov 2007 16:36 GMT

Yes I can open other 03 files. I was thinking that the files in question had
gotten corrupt but I really want to know how they got corrupt. I'll try the
recovery process and let you know if it works. Thanks for your help so far!

> Can you open other 2003 files with PPT 2007? If so, then this particular one
> may be corrupt. Here is some info that may help you recover it:
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Echo S - 06 Nov 2007 18:52 GMT

Here's one on preventing corruption:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168771033.aspx?pid=CH010036301033

Sometimes it just happens, but hopefully the info in that article will help
keep it to a minimum.

You might try opening your file in 2003, if you have access to it.

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> Yes I can open other 03 files. I was thinking that the files in question
> had
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infusiontek - 07 Nov 2007 13:56 GMT

What I ended up doing was opening the files in 03 and repairing them. I then
re-saved them and opened them back up in 07. After they were repaired they
opened properly in 07. Thank you for your help.

> Here's one on preventing corruption:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011168771033.aspx?pid=CH010036301033
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Echo S - 07 Nov 2007 18:36 GMT

That's really good to know. Thanks for getting back to us with your
resolution!

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> What I ended up doing was opening the files in 03 and repairing them. I
> then
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