Microsoft KB Archive/112435

PPT4: Cannot Update Links From File Saved As PowerPoint 3.0

PSS ID Number: Q112435 Article last modified on 05-17-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0 and 4.0a == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you save a PowerPoint 4.0 or 4.0a for Windows presentation as a PowerPoint 3.0 format file, you may lose the ability to update any linked objects in the presentation. For example:


 * 1) Link a .BMP file into a PowerPoint 4.0 or 4.0a presentation using the Windows Paintbrush program.
 * 2) Save the file in PowerPoint 3.0 format.
 * 3) Make changes to the .BMP file using Paintbrush.
 * 4) Open the PowerPoint 3.0 presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 and attempt to update the linked object. Nothing happens.

The linked objects will have to be deleted and then new linked objects must be inserted into the presentation. The ability to update the link is lost as soon as the file is saved as a PowerPoint 3.0 file from PowerPoint 4.0 (you won’t be able to update the linked objects from PowerPoint 3.0 either).

= STATUS =

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

Additional query words: PP4 buglist pp4bug OLE Linking Embedding macppt winppt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbole kbfasttip kbdta kbconversion kbbuglist Version : windows:4.0,4.0a Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbnofix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.