Office X - NT server - incomplete files

[Bob Coleman]

We are running Office X (with all current updates) on
iMacs & eMacs using OS X 10.2.6 in an education
environment. We use a server running Windows NT as a file
server. When students open their PowerPoint assignments
that have been saved on the server; any clipart,
backgrounds, etc. are missing. In the best case a large
red X appears. In the worst case, the file can not be
opened. We get a message about "part of the file is
missing"

We tried the "save as package" without any success. Any
other suggestions, patches, work arounds, etc.

Thanks,
Bob

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

This kind of thing is quite common when you save files from a Windows
version of PPT to a non-Windows networ. I wonder whether the opposite is a
related problem, saving from a nonWindows version of PPT to a Windows
network?

In any case, as a test try running like so for a while: have the students
save to their local drive and open from their local drive -- only and
always. Copy files between the network and local drives using Finder as
needed.

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Steve Rindsberg PPT MVP
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[Bob Coleman]

Steve,

Thanks for the info. That seemed to work as a work around.
If anyone hears of any other solutions, I would like to
hear about it.

Bob