Starting powerpoint I get an error

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the error message reads "Powerpoint detects an error it cannot resolve. save
your work and exit the programme".
Is there a way to get round this problem without re-installing powerpoint?
 
I don't have an answer for you, but there are questions. What version of
PowerPoint? Does it offer you an opportunity to send a report? Have you
clicked on Send?

Have you tried rebooting? Has it always done this, or did it just start?
 
it's powerpoint 2000. The problem is recent, I've used the program for a few
years successfully and it won't let me send a report. re-booting doesn't work
 
The first thing to try (if you haven't already) is applying all the latest
Office updates. With any luck the problem will come out in the wash when the
updates get applied to PowerPoint.
 
it's powerpoint 2000. The problem is recent, I've used the program for a few
years successfully and it won't let me send a report. re-booting doesn't work
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Is this repeatable? Does it always do this when you do the same thing on a
particular slide?

If so, it may be due to a corrupt shapes or shapes.

Roundtrip the presentation to HTML and back. If it goes to completion, that may
be all you need to do. Here's how:

HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00526.htm

If it doesn't work (ie, PPT crashes during the save to HTML), look at the files it
created to get an idea how far it got. Chances are that your corrupted shape is
on the last slide it converted or the one after that.

Go to the slide in question. If there are any charts or other objects from other
applications, look at them first.

Select each shape in turn and choose Edit, Copy. Then Edit, Paste. If Edit,
Paste is grayed out or if Pasting does nothing, you've found a baddie. Delete it
or try ungrouping and regrouping it.

If that doesn't land you on the bad boy, you'll need to divide and conquer:

Working on copies of the slide in question, delete half the shapes, then try
whatever it was that caused the crash. If you can't cause it again, go to another
copy of the slide and delete the other half of the shapes and try to make it crash
as before. Keep cutting the number of shapes in half on subsequent tries until
you narrow it down to The Evil One.




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