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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / August 2005Problems on opening PC created ppt files
I cannot open any *.ppt files that I created in my office on a PC with MS PPT 2000 on my iMac at home (well, I know that it is a shame to use a PC, but so far I have not been successful in convincing my employer to switch systems). On the mac I use MS Office 2004 (11.1.1) running on MacOS 10.4.2 (Tiger). Does anybody out there have an idea how I can fix this problem. Thanks for your help How are you transporting the files? Are you trying to open directly from removable media or copying to HD first? Are you attempting to open by double-clicking the file icon or through PPt File>Open? What _exactly_ happens when you try either of the above? Regards |:>) I did try both ways, opening directly from memory stick and first copying the file the hardrive, that is. The result was always the same. I also tried to first start up PowerPoint and open the file from the application rather than just double-clicking the file. At first the file seems to open just fine but then only a white window is displayed and the revolving colour rosetta that indicates that the process is still running does not disappear. Then I have to kill the application by means of the "end immediately" command (it may have a different name on an English OS, but you know what I mean I believe). When using this command another application that does not respond appears in the list of running processes: the MS error handler, which itself is not able to start up and has to be killed the hard way as well. When I move the "end immediately" processes list window or any other window over the stalled PPT presentation the first slide does appear but the program is still hooked up. The moving window acts like an "unhiding brush". I know that this sounds weird but it really is what I observe. Cheers, Urs > How are you transporting the files? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Regards |:>) Sorry if this do not solve your problem but is another one. I have a big problem. In 3 times I lose the powerpoint file, when I was triying to save changes. Do you now anything about this? > I cannot open any *.ppt files that I created in my office on a PC with > MS PPT 2000 on my iMac at home (well, I know that it is a shame to use > a PC, but so far I have not been successful in convincing my employer > to switch systems). On the mac I use MS Office 2004 (11.1.1) running on > MacOS 10.4.2 (Tiger). Does anybody out there have an idea how I can fix > this problem. Thanks for your help Hello Hector, Can you provide me more information? I'd like to know: - the version of PowerPoint - what OS you're running on - a rough idea of what's in the presentation when you hit the issue - Can you repro the problem w/an empty or one slide presentation? - How are you saving? File->Save? Save button in the toolbar? Command-S? Some other method? - Are you running any anti-virus applications such as Norton AntiVirus? If yes, is auto-protect enabled? If yes, can you repro the problem if auto-protect is turned off? Thanks, Andrew  SignatureThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > Sorry if this do not solve your problem but is another one. > I have a big problem. In 3 times I lose the powerpoint file, when I was [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> MacOS 10.4.2 (Tiger). Does anybody out there have an idea how I can fix >> this problem. Thanks for your help |
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