Microsoft KB Archive/141860

= Can't open files created in foreign language version =

Article ID: 141860

Article Last Modified on 1/6/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95b
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q141860





SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a presentation created in a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean (East Asian) version of PowerPoint, you may receive one of the following messages:

Sorry, the file cannot be opened with this version of PowerPoint.

Sorry, this type of file cannot be opened by PowerPoint.

This error occurs when you are using a non-East Asian version of PowerPoint 4.0 or 7.0 to open a presentation created and saved in East Asian PowerPoint format.



CAUSE
The East Asian languages use a different character set than non-East Asian languages. Because East Asian languages have many, many characters, East Asian PowerPoint files must be stored in a double-byte format. The non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint save their files in a single-byte format.

The non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint 7.0 can open the double-byte format, but the non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint 4.0 cannot.



RESOLUTION
To open an East Asian PowerPoint version 4.0 presentation in non-East Asian versions of PowerPoint listed at the beginning of this article, you must first save the East Asian presentation as a non-East Asian PowerPoint version 4.0 file.

Non-East Asian PowerPoint version 7.0 can open a file saved in East Asian PowerPoint version 4.0 or 7.0 format; however, you cannot read most of the content.

Additional query words: 4.00 7.00 convert translate corrupt kbconversion oriental kanji eastern far east Asian

Keywords: kbinterop kbconversion kbprb KB141860

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