Issue while opening graphics

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User gets a Red X mark in MS PowerPoint in place of graphics and graphs. The
power point is placed in the central share. The user has to click on the Red
X mark which opens then graphics. Please find a solution how to avoid this
Red X mark.
 
The link only gives suggestions. I have the same problem. Insert charts can
be fixed by clicking on the Red X. However, certain images can not be fixed
by clicking on the X. Is this a bug on my computer, or is the file
corrupted? If it's the latter, how do I go about fixing it? Will I be able
to copy and paste, or insert slides from the corrupted file to the new file
or with that likely transfer the problem? I'm not sure that if I spend time
rebuilding the presentation (128 slides!) that I can ensure that it won't
happen again...
 
Did you try all the suggestions mentioned in the link? Also which version of
PowerPoint and have you installed all the service packs for you version.
 
Yes I have. I think I've pinpointed the problem when I saved the file to a
memory stick. As far as saving to networked drives, I've always saved to
network drives in the past and never had a problem, however, now I will save
locally and allow it to sync with the network.

I'm wondering if there is a preferred way to work with inserting images:
1. copy and paste from other .ppt files?
2. save the image itself, then Insert, Picture, from file (and do you have
an opinion on which image type is least problematic, .jpeg, .emf, .wmf, etc.)
3. Insert slides from exisiting .ppt files.
 
Glad to here you solved your problem.

I have a great hate for cutting and pasting images

My preferred is to insert image from file. Depending what I want to do with
the image, PNG would be my fist choice for images then WMF or EMF. If
inserting from another presentation is your only option, it is still better
than C&P If you have to save the image out of a presentation, then you might
want to look here at upping the resolution for exporting.
Improve PowerPoint's GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG export resolution
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00052.htm
 
Thank you Michael. If I copy the whole.ppt file to another computer, do I
also need to copy all of the inserted images in a folder containing the .ppt
file? i.e. do I need to worry about the ppt looking for links to where the
image resides?
 
If the images are inserted, they will show up on the other computer and it
is not necessary to put them all in the same folder. If your images are
linked the links will more than likely break, in that case you should put
the images into the same folder as the presentation, and bring the whole
folder to your new computer.
 
If the images are inserted, they will show up on the other computer and it
is not necessary to put them all in the same folder. If your images are
linked the links will more than likely break, in that case you should put
the images into the same folder as the presentation, and bring the whole
folder to your new computer.
Click to expand...

And watch it break anyhow.

The same folder trick works (to the extent that it does) for sounds and movies
but not for images, which ALWAYS have a hard-coded path to the folder you
linked them from in the first place.

The only way around this is to create a folder of the same name on the
same-lettered drive on another computer when you move the files.

Or, of course, to use the free FixLinks demo, which'll make the linked images
path independent. http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/
 
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