Microsoft KB Archive/212499

= PPT2000: Error Opening Word Outline =

Article ID: 212499

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212499





SYMPTOMS
If you click Slides From Outline on the Insert menu in PowerPoint and then select a Word document, you may receive an error similar to the following

PowerPoint can't open the type of file represented by C:\My Documents\

where  is the name of your Word outline.



CAUSE
This error occurs if the document is open in Word at the same time you try to import it into PowerPoint.



Method 1
Close the document in Word before you use it as the outline for a presentation.

Method 2
In Word, point to Send To on the File menu and then click Microsoft PowerPoint.

Additional query words: 9.00 winword powerpt w_powerpt ppt9 ppt9.0 PowerPoint can t open the type of file represented by C My Documents

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbinterop kbconversion kbprb KB212499

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