Microsoft KB Archive/918727

= A large or complex presentation that was created in an earlier version of PowerPoint may open more slowly than expected in PowerPoint 2007 =

Article ID: 918727

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

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SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to open a large or complex presentation that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft PowerPoint, the presentation opens more slowly than expected.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, save the presentation as a PowerPoint 2007 presentation. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open the large or complex presentation in PowerPoint 2007.
 * 2) Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save As.
 * 3) In the Save as type box, click PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx).

Note You may also want to rename the file in the File name box or save the presentation to a new location.
 * 1) Click Save.
 * 2) Close and then reopen the presentation that you saved in step 3. The presentation should now open as expected.



MORE INFORMATION
You may receive one of the following error messages if you try to open the PowerPoint 2007 presentation in an earlier version of PowerPoint.

Error message 1

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

Error message 2

Windows cannot open the file.

File: .pptx

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program created it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs on your computer.

Error message 3

This file was created by a newer version of Microsoft PowerPoint. Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file?

To resolve these error messages, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

924074 How to use earlier versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to open and save files from 2007 Office programs

Additional query words: powerpoint2007 powerpoint2k7 powerpoint12 ppt2007 ppt2k7 ppt12

Keywords: kbtshoot kbconversion kbprb kbopenfile kbexpertisebeginner kbfileawareoff2007 KB918727

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