Microsoft KB Archive/285414

= PPT2002: Missing File Message When You Attempt to Edit a Web Page with PowerPoint =

Article ID: 285414

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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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:// / /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.

Additional query words: PPT

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbnofix KB285414

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