Microsoft KB Archive/273685

= PPT2001: PowerPoint Movies Cannot Be Inserted in Windows PowerPoint 2000 Presentations =

Article ID: 273685

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q273685



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SYMPTOMS
If you save a Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac presentation as a PowerPoint Movie, and then attempt to insert that movie in a PowerPoint 2000 presentation, you receive the following error message:

PowerPoint couldn't insert a movie from the selected file. Either the file is non-standard, or QuickTime is not installed properly.



CAUSE
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 for Windows does not support the playing of QuickTime movies.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, save the Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac presentation as a presentation (.ppt) file, and then open this file in PowerPoint 2000 and modify it, if needed. You cannot insert it as a movie into a PowerPoint 2000 presentation.

Additional query words: off2001kb PPT2001 mac PPT2001KB movie object play insert locate find path file quicktime graphic animated save

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnofix kbprb KB273685

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