Microsoft KB Archive/272787

= PPT2001: Cannot Open PowerPoint Movie as Expected =

Article ID: 272787

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 Q272787



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use Microsoft PowerPoint or a movie player to open a PowerPoint Movie file created with PowerPoint 2001 for Mac, you may receive an error message similar to either of the following

PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by

Couldn't open the file  because the file is not a movie file.

and the file is not opened as expected.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if PowerPoint or the movie player interprets the movie file as corrupted. This can occur if the first slide or all slides in a presentation are hidden when the movie file is created. Slides that are marked as hidden are not displayed in slide shows or movies.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) In PowerPoint, open the original presentation that was used to make the PowerPoint Movie file.
 * 2) Select the first slide.
 * 3) On the Slide Show menu, click to clear Hide Slide.
 * 4) On the File menu, click Make Movie, make any needed changes in the default settings, and then click Save.



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 error movie media play show alert message access

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB272787

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