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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
I just created a Mac powerpoint 2004 presentation and transfer to my PC and
could not open it with powerpoint 2003. Pls help. I have tried using the mac compatibility and found no problem. Help and thanks |
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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
In article , Patrick wrote:
I just created a Mac powerpoint 2004 presentation and transfer to my PC and could not open it with powerpoint 2003. Pls help. I have tried using the mac compatibility and found no problem. Help and thanks The Mac 2004 file format is compatible with PPT 2003 and *should* open. Sometimes what *should* happen doesn't, though. Some things to try: First, let us know exactly what happens when you try to open the file. Error messages? Nothing? Smoke? Flames? What is the name of the file? Does it have a .PPT extension and/or does it appear in Windows Explorer with a PowerPoint icon? Try this: Start PowerPoint, choose File, Open and browse to your presentation file. Have you applied at least Service Pack 1? To check, choose Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint. You'll see the version and SP number in one of the first couple lines at top of resulting dialog box. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
Steve Rindsberg wrote in
: Have you applied at least Service Pack 1? To check, choose Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint. You'll see the version and SP number in one of the first couple lines at top of resulting dialog box. Note that applying the Service Pack is specifically for your Windows versiion of PowerPoint. If you have not applied the latest service pack, that will almost certainly fix your problem. --David -- David M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ |
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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
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Marcovitz wrote: Steve Rindsberg wrote in : Have you applied at least Service Pack 1? To check, choose Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint. You'll see the version and SP number in one of the first couple lines at top of resulting dialog box. Note that applying the Service Pack is specifically for your Windows versiion of PowerPoint. If you have not applied the latest service pack, that will almost certainly fix your problem. Good point ... thanks for making that clear, David. And it's probably a good idea to do a quick Help, Check for Updates on the Mac side as well. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
windows is service pack 2 and powerpoint should have all the updates. Also
run in a number of different other PC and same problem. Also ran this on mac parallels with windows service pack2 and PPT2003 still same. ppt 2003 prompt is "PowerPoint can't read E:\Senai Jan08.ppt" "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: In article 6, David M. Marcovitz wrote: Steve Rindsberg wrote in : Have you applied at least Service Pack 1? To check, choose Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint. You'll see the version and SP number in one of the first couple lines at top of resulting dialog box. Note that applying the Service Pack is specifically for your Windows versiion of PowerPoint. If you have not applied the latest service pack, that will almost certainly fix your problem. Good point ... thanks for making that clear, David. And it's probably a good idea to do a quick Help, Check for Updates on the Mac side as well. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
It's not the version of Windows that is the problem here. It is the
version of PowerPoint/Office. My guess is that you have not updated to the latest service pack for Office. The problem is that PowerPoint 2003 was broken out of the box. The first service pack fixed it, but few people bother to update their version of Office. That is why it is not surprising that you are seeing this on multiple computers. Start up PowerPoint, go to the Help menu, and choose Check for Updates. Follow the instructions to install the latest service packs. --David -- David M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?UGF0cmljaw==?= wrote in : windows is service pack 2 and powerpoint should have all the updates. Also run in a number of different other PC and same problem. Also ran this on mac parallels with windows service pack2 and PPT2003 still same. ppt 2003 prompt is "PowerPoint can't read E:\Senai Jan08.ppt" "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: In article 6, David M. Marcovitz wrote: Steve Rindsberg wrote in : Have you applied at least Service Pack 1? To check, choose Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint. You'll see the version and SP number in one of the first couple lines at top of resulting dialog box. Note that applying the Service Pack is specifically for your Windows versiion of PowerPoint. If you have not applied the latest service pack, that will almost certainly fix your problem. Good point ... thanks for making that clear, David. And it's probably a good idea to do a quick Help, Check for Updates on the Mac side as well. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Power point 2004 incompatible with powerpoint 2003
In article , Patrick wrote:
windows is service pack 2 and powerpoint should have all the updates. Windows SP isn't relevant, it's the PPT SP level that matters. I don't trust "should have". I'd rather trust "does have". ;-) What does it say in Help, About ...? Also run in a number of different other PC and same problem. Also ran this on mac parallels with windows service pack2 and PPT2003 still same. Same deal ... we don't know what SP of PPT you're running on any of 'em, and it really DOES matter that at least SP1 is installed. ppt 2003 prompt is "PowerPoint can't read E:\Senai Jan08.ppt" If you've checked and have SP1 of PPT, the next thing to look at is whether the file's corrupted. I'd first off copy the file to your local HDD if E: is a CD, thumb drive or whatever. "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: In article 6, David M. Marcovitz wrote: Steve Rindsberg wrote in : Have you applied at least Service Pack 1? To check, choose Help, About Microsoft PowerPoint. You'll see the version and SP number in one of the first couple lines at top of resulting dialog box. Note that applying the Service Pack is specifically for your Windows versiion of PowerPoint. If you have not applied the latest service pack, that will almost certainly fix your problem. Good point ... thanks for making that clear, David. And it's probably a good idea to do a quick Help, Check for Updates on the Mac side as well. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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