PowerPoint 97 Batch Converter (Pptcvt.exe) - Batch Converter Error

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Paul L

I was looking for a PowerPoint Batch Converter to convert many PowerPoint 95
and older files to PowerPoint 97 format.


I found this:

PowerPoint 97 Batch Converter (Pptcvt.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E6-D251-4D24-BC55-1ABC4D3FB036&displaylang=en



However, I received the following error message when running Batcon.exe
(after installation):

Batch Converter Error
PowerPoint 97 translators are not correctly installed.


Although I DON'T have Microsoft Office 97 nor Microsoft PowerPoint 97
(stand-alone), I do have Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 (which
includes Microsoft PowerPoint 2003) installed.


So, my questions are:

What are these "PowerPoint 97 translators" that the PowerPoint 97 Batch
Converter is looking for? (i.e. ppXtrans.dll - where "X" equals any number)
Where would/should these PowerPoint 97 translators be found? (i.e.
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ or C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ ?)
Are there any Windows Registry entries that should be present? If so, what
and where?
Where/how can I get these translators? (i.e. Is there something else I need
to install?)


Is there any other PowerPoint Batch Converter that I could use (even if it
is made by a third party)?
 
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Paul L

I know, but what I'm looking to do is to convert a "batch" of PowerPoint
presentations without running PowerPoint 100 times to just open and re-save
them individually 100 times.

Since the only batch converter I found was the PowerPoint 97 Batch
Converter, I was asking how to get it working.
 
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Paul L

That's what I thought.

Anyway, no, I do not do any VB or VBA coding.

If you know how (and could take the time to), would you write a script that
I could use?
 
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Paul L

What exactly needs to be changed for .pps and .pot files (just in case I
need this script in the future)?
 
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Paul L

And what about Word (Documents/Templates) and Excel (Worksheets/Templates)?
I'm sure that there would be more to change, but what exactly?

Or should I ask this on the Word and Excel newsgroups?
 
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Paul L

You are right.

And thank you for your work.


By the way, is there any web site or book that you would recommend which
will teach me VB/VBA?
 

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