PP 2003 Function Problems

[Guest]

Background: Have been running Office 2000. Recently downloaded a trial
version of PP 2003. I created 3 or 4 presentations before it expired and
after it expired I purchased the PP 2003 upgrade (not the entire office suite
upgrade) AND INSTALLED IT as a complete install without removing PP 2000.
All of my PP presentations will open in PP 2003 except the only 2 that are
REALLY important, as I have spent a lot of time on each. One was created in
the trial PP 2003(as were several others all of which will open in the newly
installed PP 2003) and the other one created in PP 2000. I have tried
opening these 2 from the My Documentss and I have tried opening them from the
PP 2003 application. This is the message I get when they don't open "PP
can't read C:\ documents and settings\my docs\power point\Seller
Presentation.ppt." FYI . . I tried removing pp 2003 and then installed it
again using the option of removing 2000, but that didn't make any difference
so I did a system restore back to a time before I installed pp 2003 and then
installed it again as I had originally done (not removing PP 2000) Both of
the presentations that won't open in pp 2003 will play in the 2003 viewer
that was a seperate download before I bought pp 2003. Also, both of them
will open in PP 2000 but needless to say the one that was created in PP 2003
does not run properly in 2000 because of the new 2003 animations that were
used. This just doesn't make sense to me!! Please help!Thanks . . . hope
this is clear.

 

[Michael Koerner]

I would check and see if I had all the updates installed for PowerPoint 2003

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| Background: Have been running Office 2000. Recently downloaded a trial
| version of PP 2003. I created 3 or 4 presentations before it expired and
| after it expired I purchased the PP 2003 upgrade (not the entire office
suite
| upgrade) AND INSTALLED IT as a complete install without removing PP 2000.
| All of my PP presentations will open in PP 2003 except the only 2 that are
| REALLY important, as I have spent a lot of time on each. One was created
in
| the trial PP 2003(as were several others all of which will open in the
newly
| installed PP 2003) and the other one created in PP 2000. I have tried
| opening these 2 from the My Documentss and I have tried opening them from
the
| PP 2003 application. This is the message I get when they don't open "PP
| can't read C:\ documents and settings\my docs\power point\Seller
| Presentation.ppt." FYI . . I tried removing pp 2003 and then installed
it
| again using the option of removing 2000, but that didn't make any
difference
| so I did a system restore back to a time before I installed pp 2003 and
then
| installed it again as I had originally done (not removing PP 2000) Both
of
| the presentations that won't open in pp 2003 will play in the 2003 viewer
| that was a seperate download before I bought pp 2003. Also, both of them
| will open in PP 2000 but needless to say the one that was created in PP
2003
| does not run properly in 2000 because of the new 2003 animations that were
| used. This just doesn't make sense to me!! Please help!Thanks . . . hope
| this is clear.

 

[Echo S]

What Michael said -- open PPT 2003 and go to Help|Check for Updates. Install
SP2.

If that doesn't fix it, see Recovering a corrupt presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00108.htm

 

[Guest]

Michael . . . YOUR THE BEST!! The update did the trick. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Thanks . . . the service pack did the trick. Apologise for posting that
twice. I didn't think the first went through. Also saved your link below for
future reference

What Michael said -- open PPT 2003 and go to Help|Check for Updates. Install
SP2.

If that doesn't fix it, see Recovering a corrupt presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00108.htm

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Background: Have been running Office 2000. Recently downloaded a trial
version of PP 2003. I created 3 or 4 presentations before it expired and
after it expired I purchased the PP 2003 upgrade (not the entire office
suite
upgrade) AND INSTALLED IT as a complete install without removing PP 2000.
All of my PP presentations will open in PP 2003 except the only 2 that are
REALLY important, as I have spent a lot of time on each. One was created
in
the trial PP 2003(as were several others all of which will open in the
newly
installed PP 2003) and the other one created in PP 2000. I have tried
opening these 2 from the My Documentss and I have tried opening them from
the
PP 2003 application. This is the message I get when they don't open "PP
can't read C:\ documents and settings\my docs\power point\Seller
Presentation.ppt." FYI . . I tried removing pp 2003 and then installed
it
again using the option of removing 2000, but that didn't make any
difference
so I did a system restore back to a time before I installed pp 2003 and
then
installed it again as I had originally done (not removing PP 2000) Both
of
the presentations that won't open in pp 2003 will play in the 2003 viewer
that was a seperate download before I bought pp 2003. Also, both of them
will open in PP 2000 but needless to say the one that was created in PP
2003
does not run properly in 2000 because of the new 2003 animations that were
used. This just doesn't make sense to me!! Please help!Thanks . . . hope
this is clear.

 

[Echo S]

Thanks . . . the service pack did the trick. Apologise for posting that
twice. I didn't think the first went through.

No worries, it happens.

Glad to hear you got things going again.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Glad to hear that it worked for you.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| Michael . . . YOUR THE BEST!! The update did the trick. Thanks!
|
| "Michael Koerner" wrote:
|
| > I would check and see if I had all the updates installed for PowerPoint
2003
| >
| > --
| > <>Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup<>
| > <><>Email unless specifically requested will not be opened<><>
| > <><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><>
| > <><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><>
| > Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
| >
| >
| > | > | Background: Have been running Office 2000. Recently downloaded a
trial
| > | version of PP 2003. I created 3 or 4 presentations before it expired
and
| > | after it expired I purchased the PP 2003 upgrade (not the entire
office
| > suite
| > | upgrade) AND INSTALLED IT as a complete install without removing PP
2000.
| > | All of my PP presentations will open in PP 2003 except the only 2 that
are
| > | REALLY important, as I have spent a lot of time on each. One was
created
| > in
| > | the trial PP 2003(as were several others all of which will open in the
| > newly
| > | installed PP 2003) and the other one created in PP 2000. I have tried
| > | opening these 2 from the My Documentss and I have tried opening them
from
| > the
| > | PP 2003 application. This is the message I get when they don't open
"PP
| > | can't read C:\ documents and settings\my docs\power point\Seller
| > | Presentation.ppt." FYI . . I tried removing pp 2003 and then
installed
| > it
| > | again using the option of removing 2000, but that didn't make any
| > difference
| > | so I did a system restore back to a time before I installed pp 2003
and
| > then
| > | installed it again as I had originally done (not removing PP 2000)
Both
| > of
| > | the presentations that won't open in pp 2003 will play in the 2003
viewer
| > | that was a seperate download before I bought pp 2003. Also, both of
them
| > | will open in PP 2000 but needless to say the one that was created in
PP
| > 2003
| > | does not run properly in 2000 because of the new 2003 animations that
were
| > | used. This just doesn't make sense to me!! Please help!Thanks . . .
hope
| > | this is clear.
| >
| >
| >