Microsoft KB Archive/273706

= PPT2001: PowerPoint Stops Responding When You Create a Movie =

Article ID: 273706

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q273706



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to create a Microsoft PowerPoint Movie with PowerPoint 2001 for Mac, PowerPoint may stop responding (hang). Additionally, the PowerPoint Movie file that you create may be unreadable.

This behavior occurs whether you create the movie by saving a presentation in PowerPoint Movie format or by using the Make Movie command on the File menu.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if all of the following conditions are true:
 * You have more than one slide in the presentation.
 * You have two custom animated objects on a page.
 * There is an empty placeholder or non-displaying object between the animated objects.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps to animate empty placeholders and non-displaying objects:  In PowerPoint, open the existing presentation from which the PowerPoint Movie was made. On the Slide Show menu, click View Show, and then note which slides have animated objects. On each slide with animated objects, on the Slide Show menu, click Animation, and then click Custom. Check each object in the Select to animate list to see if it meets the following criteria:

 The object is not animated. The object above and below are animated.</li> The object is not visible in the slide during a slide show.</li></ul>

For each object that meets all three criteria, click the object's icon, and then select both.</li> Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all slides with animated objects.</li></ol>

NOTE: Another workaround is to delete the empty placeholders and non-displaying objects.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: off2001kb PPT2001 mac PPT2001KB PPT hang crash respond save create media

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB273706

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