PPT97: Slide Navigator Has Limit of 256 Slides (157860)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

This article was previously published under Q157860

SYMPTOMS

When you start the Slide Navigator in Slide Show, you may receive the following error message:
This presentation contains more than 256 slides and can't be opened by the Slide Navigator.
If you click OK, you receive the following message:
PowerPoint couldn't run this feature. Restart PowerPoint and try again, or run Setup and reinstall.
This error does not occur in PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0.

CAUSE

Your presentation contains more than 256 slides. Although your presentation may contain more than 256 slides, you can only use the Slide Navigator feature for presentations that contain 256 or fewer slides.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/9/2000
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg KB157860