Microsoft KB Archive/237807

= PPT98: "Microsoft Visual Basic File Not Found" Error Copying a Slide =

Article ID: 237807

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q237807



SYMPTOMS
If you select a slide from either the Slide Sorter or Outline views and then click Copy on the Edit menu, you may receive the following message: Microsoft Visual Basic File Not Found. In addition, you receive the same message if you click Macro on the Tools menu.



CAUSE
The presentation contains at least one macro, and the code in that macro is corrupt.



RESOLUTION
Remove the macro code from the presentation. To do this, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Save the Presentation in an Earlier Version Format
To save the presentation in an earlier version format, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the presentation that exhibits the symptom.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 3) Type a new name in the File Name box.
 * 4) Click PowerPoint 95 on the Save As Type list if you are using a Windows version of PowerPoint. If you are using a Macintosh version, click PowerPoint 4.0 Presentation on the Save As Type list.
 * 5) Click Save.
 * 6) Close the problem presentation, and open the new copy.

The advantage of this method is that it is easy. The disadvantage of this method is that if your presentation contains any elements that are not supported in the earlier version of PowerPoint, those elements may change. The types of things that might change include:
 * animation settings
 * transition effects
 * gradients
 * fill patterns

Method 2: Copy the Slides from Slide View
To copy the slides from Slide view, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu, click New.
 * 2) Click the Blank Presentation icon, and then click OK.
 * 3) In the New Slide dialog box, click the Blank AutoLayout.
 * 4) Use the Window menu to switch back to the problem presentation.
 * 5) Go to the first slide you want to transfer.
 * 6) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 7) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 8) Use the Window menu to switch back to the blank presentation.
 * 9) On the Edit menu, click Paste.
 * 10) For each additional slide you want to transfer, create a new, blank slide in your new presentation. Then, repeat steps 4 through 9.
 * 11) Once all your slides have been copied to the new presentation, click Apply Design on the Format menu.
 * 12) In the Apply Design dialog box, navigate to the folder that contains your problem presentation.
 * 13) Click the name of that presentation, and then click Open.

While this method is more time consuming, you will not run the risk of losing any animation, transition, or fill effects.



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

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