Cannot open presentation

Nick · Sep 15, 2004

Hello there,

I have a presentation which one of my users has created.
It is 70MB in size. This was opening fine. However changes
were made to it yesterday and now it cannot be opened,
returning and error of;

Powerpoint can't read c:\documents and
settings\user\desktop\european creative review.ppt

Any ideads?

Thanks,

Nick

TAJ Simmons · Sep 15, 2004

Nick,

Was it saved locally or on a network or removable disk?
Echo Swinford has written an excellent article on www.microsoft.com about how to avoid losing your powerpoint files.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011168771033.aspx

Recovering a corrupt presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00108.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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