Thank you for help. I was able to download her file with a different
file.
Apparently she doesn't safe it right for a PowerPoint. Have yourself a
Merry
Christmas
Maria
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Maria A Adams
:
Thanks.
Since you are using PowerPoint 2007, you don't need the compatibility
pack
in order to open PowerPoint files.
However, if you are using an earlier version of PowerPoint, the error
message you get is exactly the same as the one you posted. If you open
PowerPoint and go to Help | About, it will tell you which version of
PowerPoint you're using. The compatibility pack must have all "high
priority" Windows Updates installed before it will work -- perhaps
that is
the problem. (It's noted in the first sentence of the Overview section
at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae...)
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but whenever I've seen this "no
converter" error in the past, it's meant my file is completely
corrupt. BUT
when that's happened, the error message is accompanied by a sentence
that
says, "Sorry, PowerPoint cannot read the outline from
<filename_and_path.ppt>. No text converter is installed for this file
type."
The thing is, PowerPoint 2007 files shouldn't corrupt nearly as easily
as
the file type the previous versions of PowerPoint uses. And since you
don't
have the "cannot read the outline" part, you probably aren't dealing
with a
corrupt file, but just in case...
If you open PowerPoint 2007 to a new, blank presentation and go to the
Home
tab | New Slides button, click the New Slide text at the bottom of
that
button and then choose Reuse Slides and navigate to the C:\Documents
and
Settings\Chuck Adams\Desktop\Interesting facts about me and my
family.ppt
file, can you insert the slides into a new presentation that way?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyanceshttp://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kithttp://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
I am using PowerPoint 2007
Maria
--
Maria A Adams
:
Which version of PowerPoint are you using, Maria?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyanceshttp://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kithttp://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
What does this mean and how do I fix it?
PowerPoint can't read the outline from C:\Documents and
Settings\Chuck
Adams\Desktop\Interesting facts about me and my family.ppt. No
text
converter
is installed for this file type.