Thank you Echo, the information below is very helpful. Since I still had the
original presentation on disc, your talk of corrupt files gave me the idea of
simply re-copying the presentation file onto the laptop, where it replaced
the corrupt one. Power Point 2000 now opens it, slowly but surely, as before.
I also realized that on the laptop Power Point I had never turned off "allow
fast saves", so I did this before closing the presentation. I have now opened
and closed it several times, so I think everything is o.k. My guess is the
file got corrupted when I closed it the first time with fast save enabled,
and the problem had nothing to do with cleaning the disc. Ellen
"Echo S" wrote:
> Recover a Corrupt PowerPoint File
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/po...CH062556591033
>
> For future reference, see How to prevent PowerPoint file corruption
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/po...CH010036301033
>
> And I hate to keep harping on the same thing, but you really really need to
> figure out why this file is so large and decrease its size. See
>
> Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00062.htm
>
> --
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> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
>
> "Ellen D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:5C91FD83-01D9-4B4D-AEAD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I created the show on the desktop in Power Point 2003 and got the "package"
> > onto CD, but it would not autorun on the laptop, so I managed to get just
> > the
> > show itself onto the laptop desktop, where I opened it with Power Point
> > 2000,
> > which is what I have on the laptop. It loaded very, very slowly (the show
> > itself is 645mb, maybe that's why ?) but once it loaded I was able to go
> > through the show without any problems.
> >
> > Because the loading was so slow and I was getting "low on virtual memory"
> > messages, I closed the show and hoped to speed things up by emptying the
> > temp
> > folder, defragging, and using clean disc. Now Power Point 2000 sends a
> > message saying it cannot open this file ! I did not touch this file as far
> > as
> > I know, and the file extension is sill there.I've tried opening from the
> > desk
> > top, from within Power Point, and from the disc. No luck - and my meeting
> > deadline is coming up ! What to do ?
> >
> > I just asked this question as part of a reply to my earlier post (asking
> > how
> > to burn power point show onto cd), but I think this new problem is worth a
> > new thread. I am not at all savvy about anything "under the hood" on
> > computers. I hope someone can help. Thank you so much.
>
>
>
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