PPT2002: Missing File Message When You Attempt to Edit a Web Page with PowerPoint (285414)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q285414

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation (that has been published as a Web page) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then click Edit with Microsoft PowerPoint on the File menu, you receive an error message similar to the following:
Problems came up in the following areas during load:

Missing file: http://web server/slide name/pres.xml

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you do the following:
  1. You create a single-slide presentation.
  2. You publish the slide as a Web page.
  3. You open the Web page in Internet Explorer and make it available offline.
  4. In Internet Explorer, you click Work Offline on the File menu.
  5. In Internet Explorer, you click Edit with Microsoft PowerPoint on the File menu.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, work online in Internet Explorer when you edit the Web page with PowerPoint.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2006
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg kbnofix KB285414
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