Power Point version 2003 will not open up earlier version

[Guest]

I have Windows XP and office 2003 professional version. Received a Power
Point 2000 presentation and it will not open. Error message states Power
Point cannot Read the file. The file does end in .ppt

 

[Kathy J]

It sounds like you don't have SP1 for Office installed. It should fix this
problem. While connected to the net, go to Help--> Check for Updates and
follow the Office Online links to get SP1 for Office.

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[Steve Rindsberg]

I have Windows XP and office 2003 professional version. Received a Power
Point 2000 presentation and it will not open. Error message states Power
Point cannot Read the file. The file does end in .ppt

The obvious question first: does the file name end in .PPT ?

If not, make it so and try again. You may need to slap Windows out of its
silly default habit of hiding file extensions.

This explains how to do that (and a whole bunch of other stuff that you really
really want to do before using PPT in earnest)

Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm