Microsoft KB Archive/182554

PPT4: Error 452 Saving Presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 Format

PSS ID Number: Q182554 Article last modified on 07-10-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0,98

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you attempt to save your PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 format, you receive the following error message:

Sorry, there was an error (452) accessing the file.

= CAUSE =

The presentation you are attempting to save at one point may have been converted from PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, or PowerPoint 97 for Windows format, and contains one or more object linking and embedding (OLE) objects, such as an organization chart or graph object.

The PowerPoint translators used for saving in PowerPoint 3.0 format are unable to translate these types of PowerPoint for Windows presentations, even if the file has already been translated and saved in PowerPoint for the Macintosh format.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: translate downrev save drs revision down convert filter 3.0 4.0 powerpoint4 ppt4 pp4 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion kbbuglist Version : MACINTOSH:4.0,98 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbnofix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.