Can't open files created in foreign language version (190378)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q190378 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a presentation created in a Chinese, Japanese,
or Korean (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-Asian version of PowerPoint
to open a presentation created and saved in Asian PowerPoint format.
CAUSE
The Asian languages use a different character set than non-Asian
languages. Because Asian languages have many, many characters, Asian PowerPoint files must be stored in a double-byte format. The non-Asian versions of PowerPoint save their files in a single-byte format.
The non-Asian version of PowerPoint 97 can open the double-byte format.
RESOLUTION
You can open and read Asian PowerPoint files in PowerPoint 97 by
installing the Asian fonts from the ValuPack folder on the PowerPoint 97
compact disc.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/3/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbconversion kbinterop kbprb KB190378 |
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