Trouble opening PowerPoint file from a CD

[Expmktpro]

When I try to open a Powerpoint file from a CD using PowerPoint Viewer, I get
a message "can not open because file is corrupted". The author of this file
made sure the CD would open okay on his PC before he sent it to me. I need to
be able to view this file - any suggestions?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

MJM,

Try and copy the file from the CD to your computers hard drive (normally
drive C.

That will prove if the data on the CD can be read.

Then try and open the file from the copy. If that works...great... if it
does not see

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


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Sonia]

I recently encountered this with a file that reported that it contain Far East
fonts. The file isn't actually corrupt, but the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer reports
corruption. If you have access to a computer that has PowerPoint installed on
it, you should be able to open the file. If not, you'll need to notify the
sender that Far East fonts are a possible problem. The author can open the file
in PowerPoint and go to Format > Replace Fonts and he'll find one or more fonts
with ?? (question marks) to the left - - Osaka was the culprit in the file I
received.

You can refer the author to:

This presentation might contain Far East text and formats that PowerPoint can't
display
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00287.htm

If you're really desperate to open the file, download and install the PowerPoint
97 Viewer from http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx. If the
problem is as described above, you should be able to open the PowerPoint 97
Viewer and then open the file and view it.

--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Expmktpro]

TAJ,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I copied the file from the CD to my hard
drive. When I attempted to open it, I received a message stating "this type
of file can not be opened by PowerPoint".

As info, I am using a PC with Windows XP and have the SP2 update installed.
I have the current PowerPoint viewer installed as well as an older version of
PowerPoint (95). My original assumption was that my problem came from trying
to open a newer version with PPT 95 so I downloaded the current PPT Viewer,
but that apparently isn't the issue.

Should I still follow your earlier suggestion of going to the website you
listed? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Regards,

MJM

 

[TAJ Simmons]

When I attempted to open it, I received a message stating "this type

of file can not be opened by PowerPoint".

You need to try and copy the file using "my computer" or "windows explorer"
and not powerpoint. This will then show you if the problem is with the
actual data file... or with powerpoint.

Cheers
TAJ