Thanks John. I wish there was a different answer; how foolish of me
to expect MS to preserve the ability to edit old stuff. Very
aggravating - until January I had 3 machines with me running Office
2003. Sigh...
I will just wait until I get back to the office, where I have several
machines still running 2003 SP3, and use one to do what you suggest. I
expect I have a few older machines still running Office 95 there too.
I have been on an extended road trip, but hope to return shortly.
Thanks again,
Bob
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:55:00 -0800, John Wilson <john AT
technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote:
>As far as I know Bob there's no way to directly open 95 files in 2007. You
>can patch the registry in 2003 SP3 to enable this but not 2007. Can you get
>someone to open in 2002/3 and resave?
>
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>"Bob" wrote:
>
>> I have a relatively large number of older (Circa 1994- 1996) power
>> point files which I believe are PowerPoint 95 (Office 95) files. Can
>> anyone suggest a reliable means of updating or converting the files or
>> otherwise getting Office 2007 to open them?
>>
>> Here is what I've done so far:
>>
>> 1. When I try to open them in Office 2007, I get a message that
>> "PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by "c:\....
>> dbapfl7a.ppt".
>>
>> 2. After spending all day reading various knowledge base articles and
>> other information, I suspect this is a result of the improved security
>> offered by Office 2003 and 2007, which precludes converters from
>> running without some draconian editing of the registry and/or other
>> changes.
>>
>> 3. I had a similar problem with older word documents, but was able to
>> resolve it through revision of security settings (adding some trusted
>> locations) so that I can open all of the older word files.
>>
>> 4. However, I have been unsuccessful attempting this with the
>> PowerPoint files. And the MS KB articles/technet information appears
>> to indicate that the converters will not run unless I provide
>> appropriate security policies, which seem to require that I use SMS
>> and be on a domain. That's a lot for a few computers on a workgroup.
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> A. Can I reinstall Office 95 (power point only) on one of my machines
>> to read these? I am running Windows XP Pro on a Sony Laptop with fair
>> speed and enough hard drive space. Will it even run on that? What
>> then? How about Office 97 or 2000? If I do so, how to I avoid
>> problems with Office 2007? (file associations, etc.)
>>
>> B. Are there any converters out there that work? I could have paid a
>> lot for one with the time I've wasted on this today.
>>
>> C. Other suggestions????
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
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