PP 2007 opening HTML problem

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Mark Clark

We have HTML pages that open perfectly fine as a new slide in PowerPoint
2003 using File | Open, but in PowerPoint 2007 these same pages refuse
to come in. A new instance of PP opens with a blank slide when we try
to open the HTML. These HTML pages show up fine in IE and FireFox. At
the end is a sample of a web page. Any ideas as to what I can do in PP
2007 to get these to come in? Thanks!

<HTML>
<TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=100%>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=1.010%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=4.040%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=12.121%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25.253%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=12.247%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3.914%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=1.010%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=24.798%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=10.951%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=0.741%></TD>
<TD WIDTH=0.884%></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=11 HEIGHT=8><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD></TD>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=5><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B>Scheduling</B></FONT>
</TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" COLSPAN=2 ROWSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial">
<B>Main Building</B></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B>Daily Events</B></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD></TD>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=5><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial">Scheduling Office&nbsp;
&nbsp;212-2189</FONT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD></TD>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=5><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial">Scheduling Services&nbsp;
&nbsp;212-1267</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=5></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=11 HEIGHT=32><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD></TD>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=7><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman"><B>Thursday
(6/21/2007)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=3></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=11 HEIGHT=34><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=4><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B>Start: </B></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman"> 7:30 am</FONT><FONT SIZE=6
FACE="Arial"><B> </B></FONT></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD NOWRAP ALIGN="RIGHT" COLSPAN=5><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B>End:
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman"> 9:45 am</FONT><FONT
SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B> </B></FONT></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B>Event:</B></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=8></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=11 HEIGHT=8><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=2></TD>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=9><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman">Training
Meeting</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=11 HEIGHT=8><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Arial"><B>Room: </B></FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=8></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=11 HEIGHT=8><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD COLSPAN=2></TD>
<TD NOWRAP COLSPAN=9><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Times New Roman">Conference Room
1</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
</BODY></HTML>
 
I'll see if I can find out for you whether this is a bug or by design, but I've
been able to repro it (and in fact the most minimal HTML files produce no
results at all in 2007).

Note that your HTML's a bit flawed: it lacks an opening <BODY> tag.

That's not why it won't open in PPT, though; I added the missing tag and still
... nothing.
 
Hi. Any news on this?

Thanks!

I'll see if I can find out for you whether this is a bug or by design, but I've
been able to repro it (and in fact the most minimal HTML files produce no
results at all in 2007).

Note that your HTML's a bit flawed: it lacks an opening <BODY> tag.

That's not why it won't open in PPT, though; I added the missing tag and still
.. nothing.
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