Microsoft KB Archive/189970

= PPT97: PowerPoint Cannot Open Some Files with .DRW Extension =

Article ID: 189970

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q189970





SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to access a file with a .DRW extension that is not a Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS (version 3.0 or 4.0) file by clicking Open on the File menu or by clicking Slides From File on the Insert menu, the following error message appears:

PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by.



CAUSE
Several graphics applications (Micrografx Designer, for example) use the same file extension (.DRW) for their data files as Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS. The Freelance translator is expecting the .DRW files to be from Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS. The error occurs when the Freelance translator encounters the unfamiliar file format from a non-Lotus graphics application.



RESOLUTION
To import .DRW graphics files, click Slides From File on the Insert menu, rather than clicking Open on the File menu.

Additional query words: free lance xlator general winppt protection fault gpf gf PowerPoint can t open the type of file represented by

Keywords: kberrmsg kbconversion kbgpf kbprb kb3rdparty KB189970

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