I think this is a feature of Office X. I have a bunch of my own old
PPT files from the 1990s which I can't open in PPT X. I can open
them fine on a windows box. If I remember rightly, I could save them
on the windows box, then open them again in PPT X. I think the issue
is with translating embedded graphics in the files.
Cheers
Rob
At 3:40 PM +1000 16/8/06, Nicholas Pyers wrote:
On 15 Aug 2006, at 20:03, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:
I have been given a power point presentation that my Microsoft
Office 98 version of power point attempts to open and then quits.
The presentation's name has a suffix of .ppt.
Looking at other PP presentations that I have received and
successfully opened I notice the suffix is .pps
Have I encountered a feral file?
Merv
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Merv, do you have Keynote installed on your Mac?
If so, drag the .ppt on to the Keynote icon and it should open. (or
open keynote, select File Open and select the .ppt file)
Or try icword from http://www.icword.com
Nicholas
As I don't have Keynote and downloaded icWord and it opened the document.
I am none-the-less puzzled as to why other power point documents
will open and not this one with my version of PP. Perhaps the
version with Office 98 is now too old.
However, thank you for your help. At least I can see what has been
forwarded to me.
Regards
Merv
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