Microsoft KB Archive/161350

= OFF97: Blank.pot Appears in New Office Document Dialog Box =

Article ID: 161350

Article Last Modified on 11/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161350



SYMPTOMS
In the New Office Document dialog box, you may see a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation template named "Blank.pot" in addition to the template named "Blank Presentation."

NOTE: If you are hiding MS-DOS file name extensions, the name of the additional template appears as "Blank."



CAUSE
This problem occurs after you install Microsoft Office using the "Run from Network Server" installation option.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, delete one of the template files.

NOTE: The Blank.pot template file is installed when you perform an administrative installation of Microsoft Office on a network server. You must check with the network administrator before you delete this file (assuming you have permission to delete files on the server).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The contents of the template files are the same but the files are installed in different locations. Blank.pot is installed in the Template folder in the folder that contains the administrative installation of Microsoft Office. The Blank Presentation template is installed, by default, to the local Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates folder.

