Unable to open powerpoint 4 files

[David]

My workstation is running XP/Pro SP2 and Office 2007.

I have been going through some older cds of Office documents and have
found quite a few *.ppt files that I can't read. When I try,
Powerpoint 2007 tells me it is either not a real powerpoint file or is
corrupt. On a hunch, I had a friend who has powerpoint 2000 give it a
try. He was able to successfully open the files. He said powerpoint
2000 apparently wanted to convert from powerpoint 4.

Does anyone know of a program that will convert powerpoint 4 to
powerpoint 2007? If not, how about converting from powerpoint 4 to
something powerpoint 2007 can read?

I do not have office 2000 & there are too many old ppt 4 files to have
my friend do the conversion.

David

 

[loong]

Hi!David.
I have not used PowerPoint4 before,it’s too old to me.Does PowerPoint4 has
the function to package powerpoint for CD?If so,you can package the
PowerPoint4 for CD and play it on your computer or CD player.

Related articles:
http://multimedia-loong.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-convert-powerpoint-presentation.html
http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00156

 

[David]

The basic problem is the old ppt files were created by Powerpoint 4.
PP4 ppt files can not be read by powerpoint 2007, the only version I
have.

A friend who has powerpoint 2000 confirmed that he can read pp4 files
into pp2000. The pp4 files were created by someone else a long time
ago, probably about 1995.

I personally need some method of reading pp4 files and either
converting them to powerpoint 2007 or to some format more recent than
pp4 that powerpoint 2007 can read.

Does anyone know if Microsoft has a conversion program available?

 

[Mark Federle]

Steve:

Did you ever cook up the macro? I am having the same issue

Thanks
Mark Federle