Can't open files created in foreign language version (141860)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows 95 7.0
- Microsoft Chinese PowerPoint for Chinese Windows 4.0
This article was previously published under Q141860 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a presentation created in a Chinese, Japanese,
or Korean (East Asian) version of PowerPoint, you may receive one of the
following messages:
Sorry, the file cannot be opened with this version of PowerPoint.
Sorry, this type of file cannot be opened by PowerPoint.
This error occurs when you are using a non-East Asian version of
PowerPoint 4.0 or 7.0 to open a presentation created and saved in East Asian
PowerPoint format.
CAUSE
The East Asian languages use a different character set than non-East Asian
languages. Because East Asian languages have many, many characters, East Asian PowerPoint files must be stored in a double-byte format. The non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint save their files in a single-byte format.
The non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint 7.0 can open the
double-byte format, but the non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint 4.0 cannot.
RESOLUTION
To open an East Asian PowerPoint version 4.0 presentation in non-East Asian
versions of PowerPoint listed at the beginning of this article, you must
first save the East Asian presentation as a non-East Asian PowerPoint version
4.0 file.
Non-East Asian PowerPoint version 7.0 can open a file saved in East Asian
PowerPoint version 4.0 or 7.0 format; however, you cannot read most of the
content.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/6/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbconversion kbinterop kbprb KB141860 |
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