Powerpoint 2007: Applying my saved theme causes a crash

[dplmartin]

Hi,

This is a similar problem to the following thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...c622f7?lnk=gst&q=theme+crash#b926aea284c622f7

Anbody got any fresh ideas on the following.

I created a powerpoint presentation. I edited the master template to
create a set of slides with different layouts and fixed graphics. I
also set the colours and fonts to be used. I then went to themes and
told Powerpoint to save the current theme.

If I open a blank presentation and hover my mouse over the icon for my
saved theme, Powerpoint tries to apply it. Powerpoint will then crash;
something to do with ppcore.dll. You get the "Report and Recover my
work" dialog. If I save my presentation as a template (dotx), I can
create new presentations based on the template without any problems.
The original presentation that the theme is based on will open/save/
close without issue.

My best guess is that some component that is being referenced as part
of the theme can't be read/executed and instead of telling me what,
the software is crashing instead.

Thanks for your help

Dominic

 

[Echo S]

I don't have any ideas, but I would LOVE to take a look at the problem theme
and see if it happens here. That might be a start with troubleshooting...

You can mail it to echos at indy dot net if you want. Please include the
body of your message so I remember what I'm looking at!

 

[dplmartin]

You can mail it to echos at indy dot net if you want. Please include the
body of your message so I remember what I'm looking at!

The theme is too big to email. The font used is not a standard Windows
font, so I'd have to save the theme with the font embedded. This means
the file is 14MB and doesn't change if you try to zip it. Without the
font embedded, the theme is less than 1MB. Not sure why font embedding
causes such an explosion in file size.

To rule out the font as the cause of the problem, I've tried saving
the theme without the embedded font, only the characters used and the
full font. Regardless of the variation, it causes Powerpoint to crash.

Dominic

 

[Echo S]

If you save it with a different font, does it still crash? If so, then
create a version without the font and send that to me.

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You can mail it to echos at indy dot net if you want. Please include the
body of your message so I remember what I'm looking at!

The theme is too big to email. The font used is not a standard Windows
font, so I'd have to save the theme with the font embedded. This means
the file is 14MB and doesn't change if you try to zip it. Without the
font embedded, the theme is less than 1MB. Not sure why font embedding
causes such an explosion in file size.

To rule out the font as the cause of the problem, I've tried saving
the theme without the embedded font, only the characters used and the
full font. Regardless of the variation, it causes Powerpoint to crash.

Dominic

 

[sserra72]

Ever find a solution? Having same problem.