PPT2000: Cannot Activate Embedded Web Presentation From Inside a Presentation (226597)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
This article was previously published under Q226597

SYMPTOMS

If you insert a PowerPoint 2000 Web presentation into a standard presentation as an embedded object and you try to activate it either by double-clicking on it, choosing Activate Contents from the context menu, or by clicking on the icon while in slide show, you get one of the following error messages:
  • If you have inserted the filename.htm into the presentation, the browser displays the "File not found" error page.

    Where filename.htm is the name of the presentation, followed by the .htm extension.
  • If you have inserted one the individual slide pages, then you receive the following error message at least once:
    A Runtime Error has occurred.
    /> Do you wish to Debug?

    Line: XXX
    Error: Errormsg
    When you click No, you receive a blank slide with the background color of the Web presentation.

    XXX refers to the line number the error occurred at.
    Errormsg refers to the error found at the above line number.
In either case, you will receive this first warning:
You are about to activate an inserted object that might contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer.
Make sure the object if from a trustworthy source.
Do you want to continue?

CAUSE

The HTML document format is not a supported OLE format. It is not designed to be inserted into another document as an HTML document.

WORKAROUND

Convert to Standard Presentation

This the recommended method for inserting a presentation into another file. To convert to a standard presentation, follow these steps:
  1. Open the Web presentation in PowerPoint 2000.
  2. On the File menu, click Save As.
  3. Change the Save as Type to Presentation (*.ppt)
  4. Click OK.
You can now insert this standard presentation into another standard presentation as an embedded object.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/6/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbhtml KB226597
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