MAC files to PC can't open

[SHM]

I recently loaded Power Point 2003 on my PC running XP.
When my client sends me the files from a MAC I get an
error message telling me I (Powerpoint can't read C:....)
When I bring them to another computer running 2002 it
opens fine.

Is there a setting in 2003 I need to set? I have to
resolve this ASAP

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Install the critical update for PowerPoint 2003. Let us know if that
doesn't fix your problem.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Kathy J]

Have you added the critical updates to your copy of PPT? To check, go to
Help-->Check For Updates and click the update link on the webpage that comes
up.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Featured Presenter at PPT 2004 - http://www.pptlive.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

 

[SHM]

Thanks that worked

-----Original Message-----
Have you added the critical updates to your copy of PPT? To check, go to
Help-->Check For Updates and click the update link on the webpage that comes
up.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Featured Presenter at PPT 2004 - http://www.pptlive.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived




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[jpm2101]

-----Original Message-----
I recently loaded Power Point 2003 on my PC running XP.
When my client sends me the files from a MAC I get an
error message telling me I (Powerpoint can't read C:....)
When I bring them to another computer running 2002 it
opens fine.

Is there a setting in 2003 I need to set? I have to
resolve this ASAP

.
I have the same problem. Mesg. reads "Covert with Bin Hex

4.0" I have to send file to another PPT user to send back
to me, then it will open. The MS converter tool did not
help. Any ideas?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

BinHex is a compression format (like Zip) that is mainly used on Macs. I
believe that Stuffit Expander will return it to a normal format. You can
get it here for free:

http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/index.html

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Echo S]

4.0" I have to send file to another PPT user to send back
to me, then it will open. The MS converter tool did not
help. Any ideas?

Which version of PPT are you using?

If 2003, have you gone to Help/Check for Updates and installed the critical
patch for Office 2003?

What happens if you open PowerPoint and then navigate to the file and try to
open it?

It's not a .SIT file, is it? (Mac equivalent of WinZip...)

When your client sends these files to you, it's not via AOL, is it? (ISTR
this bin hex issue with AOL's mime encoding many years ago...)