Microsoft KB Archive/119242

PPT4: Quick Preview Causes Error if Excel 5.0 Running

PSS ID Number: Q119242 Article last modified on 05-17-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you attempt to run the Quick Preview in PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows while Excel version 5.0 for Windows is running, the following error occurs:

An application that is currently running is incompatible with PowerPoint’s Quick Preview. Please close all other applications, then return to PowerPoint, and select Quick Preview from the Help menu. OK

= RESOLUTION =

Currently, the only way to avoid this error is to run the Quick Preview while Excel for Windows is not running. Quick Preview will run as long as Excel is not running.

= STEPS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM =


 * 1) Run Excel version 5.0 for Windows.
 * 2) Run PowerPoint version 4.0 for Windows.
 * 3) From the Help menu, choose Quick Preview.
 * 4) The above error displays in a window.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.0a power point powerpt quickpreview macppt winppt conflict ppt4 ppt40 office w_office ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbbuglist Version : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.