PPT2000: Slide Branching Lost When Saving as Previous Version (212476)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q212476 SYMPTOMS
When you save a PowerPoint presentation that contains an embedded
PowerPoint slide or PowerPoint presentation object into PowerPoint 7.0
format, you cannot edit or run those objects from PowerPoint 7.0.
When you open the presentation in PowerPoint 7.0 and double-click the
slide or presentation object, you receive the following error message:
The server application, source file, or item cannot be found. You
should reinstall the server application.
This symptom occurs if you created the embedded PowerPoint object
from a PowerPoint 7.0 file.
NOTE: If you use embedded presentations to create a branched slide show in PowerPoint, you cannot reach the branches from PowerPoint 7.0.
CAUSE
PowerPoint inserts a PowerPoint 7.0 slide or presentation object as a
PowerPoint object. When you save the PowerPoint presentation in
PowerPoint 7.0 format, the embedded objects do not change. After you open
the presentation in PowerPoint 7.0 and double-click the embedded object,
your computer attempts to start PowerPoint 2000. If PowerPoint 2000 is not
installed on your computer, you receive the error message described in the
Symptoms section of this article.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create branches by linking other presentations
instead of embedding them. When you save your PowerPoint presentation
into PowerPoint 7.0 format, you must also open and save all of the branch
presentations in PowerPoint 7.0 format.
NOTE: Features not available in earlier versions of PowerPoint will be lost when you save it in a previous version format.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/18/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbconversion kbprb KB212476 |
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