Microsoft KB Archive/230371

= PPT98: PowerPoint Quits When You Save As HTML =

Article ID: 230371

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q230371



SYMPTOMS
When you click Save As HTML on the File menu, PowerPoint quits and returns to your desktop.



CAUSE
A slide in your presentation with one of the following layouts has a picture on top of (covering) the picture placeholder, and the picture was added to the slide using the Pictures From File option on the Insert menu:
 * Text and ClipArt
 * ClipArt and Text
 * Text and Object
 * Text and 2 objects
 * Object
 * Large Object
 * Object and Text

The Save as HTML feature in Microsoft PowerPoint is unable to interpret the different picture and placeholder layers on the slide.



Method 1: Allocate More Memory to the PowerPoint
Allocate more memory to PowerPoint before you try to save your file as HTML.

Method 2: Remove the Placeholders from the Slide
Remove the placeholder from the slide before you click Picture From File on the Insert menu.



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: quit saving hang ppt98 presentation

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbgpf kbhtml KB230371

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