Can I recover pictures in PP shown as white boxes with red cross

[Guest]

Some of the imported images in Powerpoint are shown as white boxes with a
small red box at the top right hand corner. This has happened since I backed
up my data with a Western Digital synchronisation programme.
Any ideas if I can recover the images?

 

[Luc]

Cambdoc,
You are talking about a tiny little red x in the top corner and not the
large one all accross the picture?
If the former it means that PowerPoint can't find the source image. The
image you inserted was linked and shifted or deleted afterwards so
PowerPoint can't find it.
Reinserting it should fix it.
If the latter see here:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00064.htm

 

[Luc]

Cambdoc,
If you apply an animation to the empty box you will be able to see at least
the name of the picture, not the full path unfortunately.
Before I forget, also have a look here to possibly retrieve the link:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00433.htm

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Some of the imported images in Powerpoint are shown as white boxes with a
small red box at the top right hand corner. This has happened since I backed
up my data with a Western Digital synchronisation programme.
Any ideas if I can recover the images?

It sounds as though they're linked rather than embedded. If so, you'll need to
put them back into whatever folder they were originally linked from or pop the
images into the same folder as the PPT and run the free FixLinks demo on them
to relink the images.

http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/

The demo will also create a report showing the links, including filenames and
paths in case you'd rather just put the files back in the original locations.

On the site, it also explains how you can convert linked images into embedded
ones so you no longer have to worry about paths when you move your PPT file
around.

If there are no links in the presentation, then it's a different problem; if
the link report doesn't show any linked images, choose Help, Check for Updates
(assuming PPT 2003) and let it do its stuff.