Russell Butler wrote: > K-L Associates wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> >> Recently, I had a viral attack on my pc and have decided to upgrade to >> Microsoft 2007 Small Office suite, using the XP. Unfortunately, some >> of my >> old Powerpoint files seemed corrupted and could not be opened. These >> might >> have been created using Windows 95 or earlier. >> >> >> >> Does anyone think that Open Office may let me open these and save in my >> latest Powerpoint? If so, which version is best? >> >> >> >> I would appreciate an early answer please so that I won't have to >> recreate >> these again from scratch. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> Kwan Loo >> >> > Hi > There have been many reports over the years of OOo being able to open > MS files which MS Office hasn't been able to. > > I suggest you make a copy of the offending files, then try opening > them with OOo 3.0 (or 3.0.1 which is in RC2 stage). Note: OOo will > not save in the MSO 2007 formats. It will save in 97/2000/XP format.
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