You receive an error message when you try to open a presentation in PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002 (820703)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
SYMPTOMSWhen you try to open a PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002
presentation, you receive the following error message: PowerPoint can't read path\file_name.ppt. CAUSEThis problem occurs because the PowerPoint presentation is
corrupted or has been damaged.RESOLUTIONTo correct this problem, try to open the PowerPoint
presentation in an earlier version of PowerPoint (for example, PowerPoint 2000
or earlier). If you are successful in opening the presentation, insert the
slides from the damaged presentation in a new presentation. To do this, follow
these steps:
- Start the later version of PowerPoint that gave you the
error message that is described in the "Symptoms" section of this
article.
- Click Insert, and then click
Slides from Files.
- In Slide Finder on the Find
Presentation tab, click Browse.
- Locate and then click the PowerPoint presentation that
gave you the error message, click Open, and then click
Insert All.
Note If the new file that you just created does not have the design of
the damaged presentation, you can apply that design by following the menu path:
Format, Slide Design, and then selecting the
appropriate design on the Slide Design menu. MORE INFORMATIONIn earlier versions of PowerPoint (for example, PowerPoint
2000 and earlier), PowerPoint could not detect all the types of invalid or
damaged data in presentations that can be detected by PowerPoint 2003 and 2002.
As a result, the earlier versions of PowerPoint open the presentation and you
may experience unexpected behavior from the corruption or damage that is
contained in the file.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/12/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbcorrupt kbopenfile kberrmsg kbprb KB820703 kbAudEndUser |
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