Microsoft KB Archive/226705

= PPT2000: Error Message: PowerPoint Can't Save This File as an Add-In Because it Contains ActiveX Controls =

Article ID: 226705

Article Last Modified on 7/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q226705



SYMPTOMS
When you save a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as a PowerPoint add-in (PPA), you may receive the following error message:

PowerPoint can't save this file as an add-in because it contains ActiveX controls.

Even if you delete the ActiveX controls from the appropriate slides, you still receive this error message when you save in the PPA format.



CAUSE
If you delete the ActiveX controls, references to these controls remain in the PowerPoint slide.



RESOLUTION
To save in the PPA format, you must delete all ActiveX controls. You must also delete each slide that has contained an ActiveX control, and then re-create the slide. You can copy all of the other objects onto a new slide, and then delete the original. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the slide that contains the ActiveX control, delete the ActiveX control if you have not already done so.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click Delete Slide.
 * 5) On the Insert menu, click New Slide.
 * 6) Click the blank Autolayout, and then click OK.
 * 7) On the Edit menu, click Paste.
 * 8) Repeat this process for any other slides that contain ActiveX controls.



STATUS
This behavior is by design, and will be considered for revision in a future version of the application.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to create PowerPoint add-ins, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q222737 PPT2000 How to Create a PowerPoint Add-In

Additional query words: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0 Active X PowerPoint can t save this file as an add in because it contains ActiveX controls

Keywords: kbaddin kberrmsg kbprb KB226705

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