File name truncated when saving

[Shane]

When I save a presentation, it truncates the name to the
first letter only. For instance, I create a ppt file and
name it "Test this file.ppt", it saves it as "t.ppt".
Now if I try to save a file called "This is the second
try.ppt" I get the message that "t.ppt" already exists.
I completely removed Office 2000 and reinstalled and it
still does this. I've created files in Word and notepad
and do not get the same results, it's only in
PowerPoint. Anyone seen this before?

Thanks,
Shane

 

[Kathryn Jacobs]

Hi Shane,
Every once in a while someone reports this problem here on the newsgroup,
thought it is usually with 97. Last time, the original poster actually found
out what was the problem. See if this post from the past helps:
http://tinyurl.com/uezm
(That is a tinied URL that will take you to a Google Groups archive post.)

The part you are most interested in is the section that reads:

Sorry for the delay in responding, I've been experimenting.

Thanks for your suggestions. The problem turned out to be that the
compatibility mode had been set to "Windows 98/Windows Me." I found
this out after trying just about everything else possible. Disabling it
fixed the problem.

In case anybody else has this problem, right-click the mouse (assuming
your mouse is set to the default right-hand configuration) on the
PowerPoint shortcut icon (on the desktop, startmenu, or in /Program
Files/Microsoft Office), select Properties and then the Compatibility
tab, and uncheck the "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" checkbox.

That should solve it. I've tried checking and unchecking the box and
the symptoms were consistent in appearing and disappearing.

Note that this works when you have Office 97/PowerPoint 97 installed on
the XP Home Edition. I don't know if it works on other combinations.

I'd taken home from work some PowerPoint XP files a few weeks ago to
troubleshoot a merge problem someone else was having; maybe XP decided
that PowerPoint 97 needed to be in Windows 98 mode and changed it for
me. Or maybe I'd checked it and had forgotten about it.

--Bill

Post back and let us know if this is applicable.
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[Sonia]

What version of Windows are you running? Are you saving over a network or
to your local hard drive?

 

[Sonia]

Hot dog that's it! I tested PowerPoint 2000 and checked the compatibility
mode box to run in Windows 95 compatibility mode and it saves with the first
letter. That's why I asked about the version of Windows because when I did
a search on the MS search site, I found something about Service Pack1 for
Windows 95. The compatibility mode sets PowerPoint 2000 to Windows 95!
Probably pre-service pack Windows 95. <G>

 

[Shane]

I have Windows XP Home, Office 2000 Premium. The first
reply fixed the truncating problem, then I had an I/O
error when it tried to open a file but I found a registry
fix for that. Thanks all for the help!!

shane

 

[Kathryn Jacobs]

Guess this means one of us should make a note to tell Steve to add it to the
FAQ.....Help me remember, OK?

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[Kathryn Jacobs]

Shane,
For completeness sake, can you share the reg fix and/or the source for the
reg fix? Might help the next one who falls into this hole.
Thanks!

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Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
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I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
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[Sonia]

It could be the Reg fix for the I/O 6 error
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;236872), unrelated
to the Compatibility mode issue.

 

[Shane]

Yep, thats the error. Had all kinds of crazy things
going on but each error seemed to be separate from the
others.

shane

 

[Echo S]

Very cool. I'm impressed you remembered that!

Special thanks to Bill for coming back and telling us his fix so we
could use it to help Shane.
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